Library Buildings around the World

interior stairs will be removed and the public will now enter at the lowest level, approximately 450mm below the elevation of the
existing public sidewalk.The addition is designed as a complementary foil to the Heritage building, with large areas of glass facing
Bloor Street, a main commercial street in downtown Toronto, expressing a more current idea of a library as an open and engaging
community meeting place.Library program components include a children's section, teen area, computer access centre, open study
carrels, quiet study areas, group study rooms, lounge areas with soft seating, large and small meeting rooms, and a significantly
expanded book, magazine and media collection. (rdh)
University of Toronto at Scarborough, Academic Research Centre, Toronto, ON – Canada 2003
see also : MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple http://www.mlsarchitects.ca
Rounthwaite, Dick & Hadley, in association with Brian MacKay Lyons Architect, was awarded the commission to design the new
Academic Resource Centre at Scarborough in June 2001.This prestigious project involves the creation of a new central library to
serve the entirety of the Scarborough Campus together with a new 500-seat fully wired lecture theatre. The project included 18,000
square feet of renovated space and 80,000 square feet of new construction on two floors. The program incorporates 17,000 square
feet of stacks, study spaces for 665 including 90 networked study spaces, labs and workrooms for an 8,300 square foot Teaching and
Learning Centre, extensive Collections Management and Circulation Areas, an Advising and Career Centre, and support offices.The
Academic Resource Centre is a kinetic environment wherein academic and technical staff are empowered to roam among students
and interface within a "virtual" space known as the Teaching and Learning Commons.The project was over $1 Million under
budget at the time of tender and opened to students and faculty in September 2003. (rdh)
Saia Barbarese Topouzanov Architectes, Montréal, QC – Canada
http://www.sbt.qc.ca
Libraries:
UQAM´S Science Heart (Library) – Université du Québec à Montréal, QC – Canada 2005
$ 22.800.000
Awards :
2006 Hue Award
The library re-occupies a historic building formerly used as a studio by the technical university that occupied the western section of
the campus. Its transformation involved paring back the structure to its 1911 bones, and the addition of a glass extension containing
the entrance and a lofty, light-filled reading room above. A red carpet painted on the floor guides users through the principle
circulation route, leading up to the reading room on the second floor, and down to the expansive undergound space dedicated to the
book storage located beneath Kimberley the street and lit from skylights above. (Saia)
President Kennedy Building, Université du Québec, Montréal, QC – Canada 1997
Client: Université du Québec, $ 42.000.000
Awards:
2001 Prix d'excellence de l'IRAC (Institut Royal d'Architecture du Canada) / RAIC (Royal Architectural Institue of Canada) Award
of excellence
2001 ASHRAE Technology Award
As the principal element and flagship of the new UQÀM Science Campus, the streamlined 10-storey President Kennedy Building
houses both teaching and research activities as well as associated private corporations including the departments of mathematics,
computer science, physics, earth sciences, and electronics. It also contains the Environmental Science Institute and the microcomputing
laboratory for the Faculty of Science, the 3,500 square meters Science Library, a food service facility, and is linked
directly into Place des Arts metro station.
A state-of-the-art facility, many of the building’s major components are made from recyclable materials. In the wall insulation, for
instance, no foamed plastic was used anywhere in the building. The thermal resistance of the elements of the building envelope
exceeds those required by the laws regarding energy conservation. Particular care was taken in the choice of glass which ultimately
resulted in a reduction of the mechanical system capacities and thus in energy savings. The integration of mechanical and
architectural concerns together with innovative mechanical design garnered this project a first prize in the institutional category of
the prestigious ASHRAE Technical Awards. The innovation and execution of this project has also received distinction by the Royal
Architectural Institute of Canada (2001 Award of Excellence for construction drawings). (Saia)
Saucier + Perrotte Architectes (Gilles Saucier, André Perrotte), Montréal, QC – Canada
http://www.saucierperrotte.com
Libraries :
Calgary Campus Digital Library, Calgary, AB – Canada on design
University of Calgary President Dr. Harvey Weingarten recently announced that the university will break ground on the
construction of the $113-million Campus Calgary Digital Library on April 1, 2006, the date of the U of C’s 40th anniversary. The
groundbreaking will mark the first stage of a $710-million five-year capital growth strategy that would allow the university to enrol
7,000 more students by 2010. The announcement also marks one of a series of events and celebrations being planned by the U of C to
celebrate its 40th anniversary. When opened in 2008, the Digital Library will be dedicated to Calgary. “April 1, 2006 is the 40th
birthday of our university. Our university was created, and has grown remarkably quickly, because of the incredible support we
have received from the Calgary community,” said Weingarten at his annual Report to the Community on October 6. “This is the
university’s gift to the city of Calgary. It is acknowledgement and thanks to Calgarians for the incredible support and
encouragement they have given us throughout the years.”The Campus Calgary Digital Library (CCDL) is a partnership with all the
public post-secondary institutions in Calgary—Bow Valley College, Mount Royal College, ACAD, and SAIT Polytechnic—as well as
those in neighbouring regions, such as Red Crow College on the Blood Reserve. The partnership is a first in Canada and will create
an information network that will see the university’s vast electronic library holdings made available to the public electronically for
use in business, education and non-profit applications. It will make it possible to create a single library card for all post-secondary
students to gain access to the university ’s digital holdings. CCDL is also the cornerstone of the Lois Hole Digital Library. In the
Throne Speech last March the Province announced the Access to the Future Fund to support innovation and excellence in postsecondary
education. It was announced in the speech that “The new fund will also support the development of an Alberta-wide
digital library that will allow all students and faculty, wherever they are located in the province, to access the resources and
knowledge currently held in the individual libraries of our post-secondary institutions. To be named the Lois Hole Digital Library,
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