Library Buildings around the World

BBG-BBGM, New York – USA
http://www.bbg-bbgm.com
Libraries:
Pentagon Library and Conference Centre, Washington, DC – USA 2006
Awards:
Excellence in Construction Award, ABC Chesapeake Chapter 2007
Project of the Year Award, ABC Chesapeake Chapter 2007
BBG-BBGM designed the new Pentagon Library and Conference Center to not only meet the needs of the Department of Defense
staff working within the facility but to satisfy rigorous environmental and energy efficiency standards as well. The DC-based firm’s
design was honored recently with one of the 2007 White House Closing the Circle Awards. These annual awards recognize efforts by
federal employees and agencies to enhance and preserve the environment. Located under the existing River Terrace Parade Ground,
the new conference center occupies the shell of what had previously been the Pentagon Officers Athletic Club. The new facility
includes a large multi-purpose room seating 250 and fifteen smaller meeting rooms of varying sizes, as well as administrative offices
and a permanent home for the Pentagon Library. A new entry pavilion, faced with limestone and bronze, was created specifically for
the conference center. There are a variety of environmentally sustainable elements within the design of the conference center:
multiple finishes and materials containing high levels of post-consumer recycled materials (i.e. acoustical tile), certified recycled
wood, ‘earth friendly’ materials (such as linoleum), and high efficiency energy and water fixtures; skylights that bring natural
daylight deep into the subterranean facility; and more than 50% of building materials were sourced locally, reducing CO2 emitted
during transit. In addition, demolished portions of the existing structure were re-used in the new construction, rather than being
hauled away to a dump. Energy usage is over 20% less than a typical facility of this size and function. The Pentagon Library and
Conference Center has been submitted for a LEED “Gold” rating and will be the first Pentagon project to receive anything higher
than the minimum LEED rating of “Certified.” (http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com)
Beatty Harvey Coco (BHC) Architects, New York, NY – USA
http://www.bhc-architects.com
We recently completed one of the first LEED certified libraries in the State of New York, the Ossining Public Library, as well as the
LEED Gold rated Westhampton Beach Village Hall. We handled the LEED coordination for the first LEED school in NY Sate, the
LEED Silver rated Hampton Bays Middle School. In East Hampton we are under construction on the first school in NY State to
submitted using standards of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS), a program that tracks sustainable design in
education. (BHC)
Libraries:
Farmingdale Public Library, Farmingdale, NY – USA – 2010
Awards:
AIA Masonry Award
Greenburgh Public Library, Greenburgh, NY – USA 2009
Awards:
AIA Archi Honor Award
Located on the side of a steep hill in the Westchester town of Greenburgh, the two-story, 23.000 sqf. addition to the existing 22.000
sqf. library built in 1968, was designed to bring the facility up-to-date in serving its 300.000 annual visitors. Designed with a large of
amount of glass, the building uses natural light to illuminate a majority of the interior spaces. This, along with other energy eficient
features and sustainable design concepts will qulify the project for LEED certification. (BHC)
Ossining Public Library, Ossining, NY – USA 2007
Awards:
AIA Archi Commendation Award
The new 48.000 sqf. Ossining Library was constructed on a steep hill, on a site directly adjacent to the existing library, which was
demolished and replaced with parking. Focusing on a contextual style, the project team developed a contemporary design with
features that allude to the historic architecture of the Village of Ossining and used materials indigenous to the Hudson Valley,
including natural stone and brick. (BHC)
Cold Spring Harbor Library & Environmental Center, Cold Spring Harbor, NY – USA 2006
To take full advantage of the waterfront, hillside property, the new library
Brentwood Public Library, Brentwood, NY – USA 2004
The renovation and upgrade of the 68.000 sqf. Public Library, one of the largest libraries on Long Island, was intended to
accomodate the growing needs of the multicultural community. (BHC)
South Huntington Public Library, South Huntington, NY – USA 2004
Awards:
Society for American Registered Architects. Design Award of Excellence
This 46.000 sqf. New building replaces the existing main library that had served the community of South Hunzington for the
past 30 years. The new building consists of a main collection of 160.000 volumes and a children´s library with a collection of 50.000
volumes. The building is two stories with a mezzanine. The building is a state of the art in terms of technology, energy efficiency and
environmental concerns, and is designed to be adaptable to adress an uncertain future. (BHC)
Cherry Hill Township, Cherry Hill, NJ – USA 2004
Awards:
AIA Masonry Award
Located in the Center of the Township of Cherry Hill, New Jersey this new 72.000 sqf. library replaces the original library
constructed back in the early 1970´s. (BHC)
Haverstraw Public Library, Haverstraw, NY – USA 2003
Awards:
AIA Masonry Award
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