Calgary Public Library Unveils Sneak Peek of New Central Library Design
From Metro.ca:
Calgarians got a glimpse Thursday of what the city’s new, $245-million central library will look like.
Coinciding with a limited-seating reveal event at the convention centre, the library tweeted a wide-view image of the exterior design, and the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation tweeted a slightly closer view of the building.
Calgary Public Library CEO Bill Ptacek previously said the new central library will be a “spectacular” building.
Complete Article and Reactions to the Design
From the Calgary Herald:
“They took all the liabilities and turned them into an opportunity,” Coun. Druh Farrell said, as developers revealed the Snohetta-Dialog design for the $245-million central branch Thursday.
The four-storey library is scheduled for completion at 3rd Street S.E. and 7th Avenue in 2018. It’s a long-awaited rebirth for a public system and city that have long outgrown the concrete neon-signed main branch along Macleod Trail, a hulking concrete facility built in phases 40 and 50 years ago.
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See Also: A Few Additional Images (via Twitter)
See Also: New Central Library Web Site
See Also: New Central Library Construction Cam
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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