Architecture: 2021 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards Go to Projects in Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York
From the American Institute of Architects:
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) are awarding five libraries with the 2021 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards for excellence in architectural design.
2021 AIA/ALA Library Building Award recipients must demonstrate design achievement, including a sense of place, purpose, ecology, environmental sustainability, and of history. This year’s AIA/ALA Library Building Award recipients, selected by a six-person jury, exemplify these qualities.
2021 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards recipients:
- Arizona State Library Hayden Library Reinvention, Tempe, AZ | Ayers Saint Gross
- Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library Renovation, Boston | Utile, Inc.
- Sunset Park Library, Brooklyn, New York | Leroy Street Studio Architecture
- Taylor Street Apartments and Little Italy Branch Library, Chicago | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Valente Library, Cambridge, MA | William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.
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Complete Details For Each Project Are Available on AIA’s Website
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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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