In November 2011, the St. Mary’s County commissioners pulled the plug on plans for a new library for Leonardtown. Rather than build it on a county-owned 172-acre site where the new Capt. Walter ...

Located in the Teusaquillo neighborhood, in the northeastern sector of Bogotá, the Virgilio Barco Library forms a complex integrated by the Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park and the Virgilio Barco ...

Volume Zero invites you to re-imagine the idea of Library as a 21st-century self-learning and educational incubation space that not only is a center for knowledge but also encourages its users to ...

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 ...

Beyond the main library within the City College of New York’s Rafael Viñoly Architects–designed Spitzer School of Architecture building, a cobbled-together space composed of a former storage area and ...

American Libraries is accepting submissions for the 2026 Library Design Showcase in the September/October issue.

Step into seven extraordinary libraries set within UNESCO World Heritage Sites, from the gilded halls of Portugal’s ...