Designers are drawn to library aesthetic rooms because they create a space that feels both timeless and inviting. This style ...

Welcome to the 2023 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries that address patron needs in exciting and effective ways. This year’s selections ...

Kids are one of the core audiences for many libraries. Spaces serving them are wildly diverse, both in form and in function—a pre-kindergartner has very different needs from a teenager. Following are ...

Users of the Goleta Valley Library shared in a recent survey that they want updated furniture and more work areas in the renovated library while still keeping a cozy environment. Credit: Rebecca ...

The curtain of aluminum-glazed windows falling from the curved steel roofline that frames the Lewis Library is a reflection of the architect's homage to the beauty of the lines and curves he sees in ...

Competitions are often an effective way to bring new ideas to the table. In the case of the Pierrefonds Public Library in Montréal, Canada, the competition winning design presented by the team at ...

It would be easy enough to complain that the May 3 unveiling of a preliminary design for Barack Obama ’s presidential library and museum, over which a relaxed and tieless Obama presided, was short on ...

Master the art of utilising Canva’s extensive library of images and elements to enhance your designs, making them both visually striking and effectively communicative. Dive into the effective use of ...

It was the Roman scholar Marcus Tullius Cicero who said, "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." Here at AD, we tend to agree. When it comes to design luxuries, a personal ...

The rich visual resources housed in RIT Libraries will soon roll into the fingertips of College of Art and Design students. Horowicz, the College of Art and Design’s librarian in RIT Libraries, said ...

The La Conner Swinomish Library by BuildingWork embraces the use of mass timber as means to be welcoming to both La Conner residents and the Swinomish. (Doug Scott) A stroll through the historic ...