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Five Projects Receive 2021 AIA ALA Library Building Award
May 13, 2021
The merican 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. Complete details for each project are available on AIA’s website.
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.
Visit AIA’s website for more information on the AIA/ALA Library Building Awards.
