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Evanston Public Library Evanston, Illinois Completion: 1994; 2007 Area: 115,000 square feet Awards: Chicago Building Congress Award; Excellence in Masonry Gold Award; Evanston Preservation Award; ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Award for The Loft Site & Program: The urban site is centrally located in downtown Evanston. The building is the result of a national competition won by a young architect who chose to team with Nagle Hartray to execute the project. Design: The design conveys the library’s civic importance. The arrangement of building massing, particularly masonry piers, create strong shadows that provide the architecture an unusual depth. The architecture strikes a balance between monumentality and human scale appropriate to its purpose. Library interiors are organized around a central open stair that provides orientation to visitors as they move between floors. The main reading room on the top floor is a primary feature. It is larger than usual for a public library in order to serve both citizens of Evanston and students from nearby Northwestern University. We recently completed the renovation of the existing Children’s Room and the build-out of The Loft – a dedicated space for teens. We collaborated with architectureisfun, Inc., a firm that specializes in designing environments for children, on the development of age-specific zones that include interactive, museum-like elements. For a virtual tour of The Loft, follow this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biQnC0gsTu0.
Main Library Photography: ©Hedrich Blessing;
Children's Room/The Loft:
©Doug Snower Photography |
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