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AIA select recipients for the 2009 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the eight recipients for the 2009 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards. Biennially, representatives from the AIA and the American Library Association (ALA) gather to celebrate the finest examples of library design by architects licensed in the U.S. The 2009 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards honor eight separate projects. Arabian Library, Scottsdale Public Library, Scottsdale, Arizona (richard+bauer architecture, LLC); C.V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California Berkeley (Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects); Chongqing Library, Chongqing, China (Perkins Eastman); Biblioteca Central Estatal Wigberto Jiménez Moreno, León, Guanajuato, Mexico (Pei Partnership Architects LLP); NYPL Francis Martin Library, Bronx, New York (1100 Architect, P.C.); Gentry Public Library, Gentry, Arkansas (Marlon Blackwell Architect); Minneapolis Central Library, Minneapolis (Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects); Palo Verde Library / Maryvale Community Center, Phoenix (Gould Evans Associates + Wendell Burnette Architects).

Recipients will be presented their awards at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago on Monday, July 13th, 2009.



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