Library Buildings around the World

the United States. Staff architects are members of the American Institute of Architects and several hold National Council of
Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) certification and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
accreditation.
In July 2010, KKE Architects announced is was joining national design firm DLR Group. KKE offices in Minneapolis; Las Vegas;
Tucson; and Pasadena and Irvine, California were merged into DLR Group and operate as DLR Group KKE.
http://www.kke.com
Libraries
Giese Memorial Library, Wyoming, MN – USA 2008
Elk River Public Library, Elk River, MN – USA 2007
Awards:
Leed Gold certified building 2009
North Regional Library, Minneapolis, MN – USA 2007
East Lake Community Library, Minneapolis, MN – USA 2007
North Branch Area Library, North Branch, MN – USA 2005
Chisago Lakes Area Library, Chisago County, Center City, MN – USA 2005
Sumner Community Library, Sumner, MN – USA 2004
Kliment Halsband Architects, New York,NY - USA
http://www.kliment-halsband.com
Libraries:
Arcadia University Landman Library – Glenside, PA – USA 2000 – 2003
25,000 sf renovation, 25,000 sf new construction
Awards:
2005 AIA / American Library Association Award of Excellence
2003 Southeast Pennsylvania Chapter Associated Builders and Contractors Award of Excellence
The library, an existing building with a new addition, accommodates 150,000 volumes, study seating for 300 students, multimedia
classrooms, and a trustees meeting room. The curved limestone south facade forms a memorable campus landmark, a distinctive
presence defining the edge of the Campus Green. The library provides a variety of spaces for reading and study. A two-story reading
room on the second floor extends the full width of the building and looks out over the Green. Daylight is admitted through
monumental wood windows with adjustable sunscreens and shutters and high clerestory windows. At night the room is a lantern at
the heart of the campus. The ground floor reference room faces the Green. The periodical lounge is a two-story space opening onto a
garden and a grove of beech trees. The collection is housed in accessible stacks in the older portion of the building. (Kliment)
Yale University Sterling Divinity Quadrangle, New Haven, CT - USA 2000 - 2003
Dartmouth College Roth Center for Jewish Life, Hannover, NH - USA 1996 – 1997
Kline Swinney Associates, Nashville, TN – USA
http://www.ksarchitects.com
Libraries:
Library of Nashville State Technical Institute, Nashville, TN – USA 2010
This $6,000,000 project consisted of a new 65,000 sq. ft. library/classroom building and a 10,000 sq. ft addition to the campus central
boiler plant. The library was to eventually expanded into the entire building and the classrooms relocated. The presence of the
classrooms posed potential problems of library security and separation of functions. Through careful planning and a thorough
understanding of the client's needs KSA was able to avoid these problems and provide a highly functional facility. (Kline)
(http://www.dosterconstruction.com)
Clayton Glass Library, Motlow State Community College, Tullahoma, TN – USA 2008
This 45,000 sq. ft. libary serves 3,100 students from rural counties near the Jack Daniels Distillery. The building's exterior blends
with the 60's campus architecture of rectangular brick buildings with horizontal limestone bands and vertical floor-to-ceiling
windows. The second-story of the central rotunda is surrounded by glass enclosed library rooms, which allow light from the exterior
to penetrate well into the interior spaces of the structure and accentuate the open plan of the facility. The Craftsman style of the
interior was selected to harmonize with the building's pastoral setting. Accents of wood, stone and ceramic tile were utilized to
provide warmth and texture. (Kline)
Koetter Kim Associates, Boston, MA – USA
http://koetterkim.com
Libraries:
Osher Map Library, University of Souther Maine, Portland, ME – USA 2009
26.000 sqf., $ 7.600.000
The Osher Map Library is an archival storage facility designeds to preserve and protect a world renowed collection of maps, globes,
and related documents. It is unusual in that mission is not only the preservation of these valuable artifacts but also to provide
outreach and education of the public at large. Students of all ages will be able to visit the facility and learn about history and
discipline of mapmaking through exposure to actual examples. (Koetter)
The $12 million project was funded by donations, a state bond and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities,
according to USM spokesman Robert Caswell. More than $8 million was invested in the map library construction and updating of its
equipment to make it a state-of-the-art digital map center. The new facility, which is decorated by 140, 3-by-13-foot aluminum
panels depicting a 1946 Dymiaxion map by futurist and inventor Buckminster Fuller, is four times the size of the old, 4,525-square-
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