Notable Libraries

This page provides links to award-winning libraries, Carnegie libraries, national libraries, and other libraries to inspire the planning and building processes.  The inclusion of a resource in this page does not imply a recommendation of it. 

The slide in the upper left corner is of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.  If you click on the photo it will explode to a larger size. 

AWARD-WINNING LIBRARIES
Biennial awards for excellence in library architecture have been jointly sponsored by the American Institute of Architects and the American Library Association since 1963. 

1999 Award Winners

• Carmel Mountain Ranch Library (no site)
• M.W. Steele Group, La Jolla, CA
• Eskind Biomedical Research Library, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Vanderbilt University, 2001)
• Davis, Brody Bond, LLP, New York, NY
• Queens Borough Public Library, Flushing Branch, (Queens Borough Public Library, 2001)
• Polshek Partnership, LLP, New York, NY 
• Rose Main Reading Room, New Public Library (NYPL Press Release, 1998) 
• Davis, Brody Bond, LLP, New York, NY 
• School of Law Center, Quinnipiac College (Quinnipiac University, 2001)
• Jefferson B. Riley and James C. Childress, Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Centerbrook, CT 
• Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress (LC Information Bulletin, 1997)
• Arthur Cotton Moore/Associates, Washington, DC 

•  Bibliotheque nationale de France (2000)
•  The British Library (no date)
•  Library of Congress (1999)
•  National Library of Australia (2001)
•  National Library of Canada (2000)

Notable Libraries

Carnegie Libraries
 
• The Carnegie Libraries of Ohio (Mary Ellen Armentrout, 1998)
• History of Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Libraries (Andrew Carnegie Free Library, 2000)
• Photo Essay on Ontario's Edwardian Public Libraries (Lorne Bruce, no date)
• Carnegie Libraries of California (Lucy Kortum, 2000)

Other Notable Libraries
 
• Beinecke Library, Yale University (2001)
• Bibliotheca Alexandrina: the revival of the ancient Library of Alexandria (UNESCO, 1999)
• Denver Public Library (2001)
• A Digital Archive of American Architecture: Libraries (Boston College, 1998)
• Phoenix Public Library, Burton Barr Central Branch (no date)