Make Your Library a Landmark by Louise Schaper, Library Journal Design Institute, May 4, 2012, Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado.

1. Make Your Library a Landmark
www.louiseschaper.com

2. Where are the new ideas
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3. Here?
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4. Here?
Here?
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5. Here?
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6. New Landmark Library...is a
prototype or think tank to inspire
the next generation of library
buildings
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7. What Makes a Library a New Landmark?
1. Excellence in design and construction
2. Response to local context and constraints
3. Sustainability
4. Functionality
5. Innovation
6. Beauty and delight
More about the criteria at www.libraryjournal.com
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8. 2011 New Landmark Libraries
Poplar Creek Public Library
Streamwood, IL
Architect: Frye Gillian Molinaro
Year: 2009
Major expansion
Main Library
96,846 sq ft
66,639 pop. served
From Eyesore to Eye-Catcher
George Lambros © Lambros Photography Inc.
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9. 2011 New Landmark Libraries
Palo Verde Library/
Maryvale Community Center
Phoenix, AZ
Architect: Gould Evans Associates +
Wendell Burnette Architects
Year: 2006
New construction
Branch + community center
16,000 sq ft library
27,000 sq ft community center
148,719 pop. served
© Gould Evans Associates + Wendell Burnette Architects
Reinvigorating a Community
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10. 2011 New Landmark Libraries
Cesar Chavez Branch
Phoenix Public Library
Laveen, AZ
Architect: Line and Space, LLC Year: 2007
New construction
25,234 sq ft library
62,866 pop. served
LEED Silver
A Living Room on the Lake
Photo credits: All photos except children’s area © Bill Timmerman, Timmerman
Photography Inc.; Children’s area photo by Henry Tom, AIA, NCARB
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11. 2011 New Landmark Libraries
Hamilton Mill Branch
Gwinnet County
Dacula, Georgia
Architect: Precision Planning, Inc.
Year: 2010
New construction
20,805 sq ft
44,594 pop. served
LEED Gold
Blessed by Location,
Elevated by Art
© Brian Robbins Photography
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12. 2011 New Landmark Libraries
Durango Public Library
Durango, Colorado
Architect: Barker Rinker Seacat
Year: 2008
New construction
Mail Library
42,000 sq ft
51,600 pop served
LEED Gold
Setting a
New Gold
Standard
© Michael Shopenn Photography
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13. 2011 New Landmark Libraries
Agave Library (Phoenix Public)
Glendale, Arizona
Architect: will bruder PARTNERS
Year: 2009
New construction
Branch
25,410 sq ft
40,000 pop. served
How the West Was Won
© Bill Timmerman, Timmerman Photography Inc.
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14. 2011 New Here
Slide Title Landmark Libraries
Sammamish Library
King County, Washington
Architect: Perkins & Will
Year: 2010
New construction
Branch
20,000 sq ft
45,790 pop. served
Heart of a New Downtown
© Benjamin Benschneider Photography
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15. 2011 New Landmark Libraries
Appaloosa Branch
Scottsdale, Arizona
Architect: DWL Architects and Planners, Inc.
Year: 2009
New construction
21,242 sq ft
72,000 pop. served
LEED Gold
Shimmer of Green
in the Desert
© Bill Timmerman, Timmerman Photography Inc.
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16. 2011 New Landmark Libraries
Roseville Library
Roseville, Minnesota
Architect: Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle
Ltd.
Year: 2010
Major expansion
Branch
74,175 sq ft
48,860 pop. served
LEED Gold
Pop Goes
the Library!
© Lara Swimmer Photography
©
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17. 2011 New Here
Slide Title Landmark Libraries
Anythink Wright Farms
Rangeview Library District
Thornton, Colorado
Architect: Humphries Poli Architects
Year: 2010
New construction
Main library
45,000 sq ft
117,000 pop. served
LEED Gold
The Cure for Any Identity Crisis
Photo credits (counter-clockwise): Marcus Farr; Stacie Ledden; Kent Meireis;
Kent Meireis.
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18. 2011 New Landmark Library Trends
1.Get greener
2.Flex for unfolding future
3.Use fewer and smaller service points
4.Win with self-service
5.Think collaboration
6.Borrow from museums
7.Be more retail like
8.Apply a minimalist ethic
9.Save the neighborhood
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19. found at Design
Institute Phoenix:
delight @ the
Agave Library
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20. The 2012 Colorado Tour
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21. 2012 Tour:Here
Slide Title Denver Central Library
1956; major expansion 1990
540,000 sq ft
Michael Graves/Klipp Colussy Jenks DuBois
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22. 2012 Tour: Anythink Huron Street
Rangeview Library District
Thornton, Colorado
2010
25,000 sq ft
LEED Gold
Humphries Poli Architects, PC
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23. 2012 Tour: Anythink Huron Street
Innovative and functional
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24. 2012 Tour: Anythink Huron Street
Comfortable seating and
“experience” environment
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25. 2012 Tour: Anythink Huron Street
Sparking creativity
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26. 2012 Tour: Anythink Huron Street
Sparking creativity anyplace
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27. 2012 Tour: Anythink Huron Street
Sustainability
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28. 2012 Tour: Anythink Huron Street
Sustainability
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29. 2012 Tour: Anythink Huron Street
Sustainability
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30. 2012 Tour: Anythink Huron Street
Stunning, Paradigm-Busting, Shelving
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31. 2012 Tour: Anythink Wright Farms
Anythink Wright Farms
Rangeview Library District
Thornton, Colorado
Architect: Humphries Poli Architects
Year: 2010
New construction
Main library
45,000 sq ft
117,000 pop. served
LEED Gold
$204 sq ft construction
Photo credits (counter-clockwise):
Marcus Farr; Stacie Ledden; Kent Meireis; Kent Meireis.
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32. 2012 Tour: Anythink Wright Farms
Innovation
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33. 2012 Tour: Anythink Wright Farms
Innovation
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34. 2012 Tour: Anythink Wright Farms
Staff Manifesto
You are not just an employee, volunteer or board member.
You do not merely catalog books, organize periodicals, and manage resources.
You are the gateway into the mind of the idea people who come to our facilities to
find or fuel a spark.
Part Wizard
Part Genius
Part Explorer
It is your calling to trespass into the unknonw and come back with a concrete
piece someone can hold onto, turn over, and use to fuel their mind and soul.
A revolution of Rangeview Libraries
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35. 2012 Tour: Anythink Wright Farms
Functionality
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36. 2012 Tour: Anythink Wright Farms
Excellence in
design and
construction
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37. 2012 Tour: Anythink Wright Farms
The “wow” factor
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38. 2012 Tour: Anythink Wright Farms
Sustainability
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39. 2012 Tour: Anythink Wright Farms
Sustainability
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40. 2012 Tour: Anythink Wright Farms
Beauty and delight
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41. 2012 Tour: Anythink Wright Farms
Functionality
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42. 2012 Tour: Green Valley Ranch Branch
Green Valley Ranch Branch
(Denver Public Library)
2011
26,000 sq ft
Humphries Poli Architects, PC
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43. 2012 Tour: Green Valley Ranch Branch
Sustainable and welcoming
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44. 2012 Tour: Green Valley Ranch Branch
Sustainable
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45. 2012 Tour: Green Valley Ranch Branch
Public art installation
“Cloudseeding”
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46. 2012 Tour: Green Valley Ranch Branch
Planes & Plains
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47. 2012 Tour: Green Valley Ranch Branch
Functional
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48. 2012 Tour: Green Valley Ranch Branch
Collaboration and creativity
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49. 2012 Tour: Green Valley Ranch Branch
Flexibility and families
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50. 2012 Tour:Here
Slide Title Southglenn Library
Arapahoe Library District 2009 17,500 sq ft
Centennial, CO Barker Rinker Seacat
Response to Context
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51. 2012 Tour:Here
Slide Title Southglenn Library
Innovation: neighborhoods for non-fiction
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52. 2012 Tour:Here
Slide Title Southglenn Library
Private and public
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53. 2012 Tour:Here
Slide Title Southglenn Library
Functionality: service pod of
friendliness
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54. 2012 Tour:Here
Slide Title Southglenn Library
Budget and staff friendly
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55. 2012 Tour:Here
Slide Title Southglenn Library
Sustainability: milk jugs
masquerading as seating
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56. 2012 Tour: Park Hill Branch
1920 Carnegie Library 1920 by Burnham Hoyt
Renovations 1964, 1994, 2008
10,260 sq ft
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57. 2012 Tour: Philip S. Miller Library
Douglas County Libraries
Castle Rock, CO
45,000 sq ft
Humphries Poli Architects, PC
Adaptive reuse of Safeway
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58. 2012 Tour: Philip S. Miller Library
Castle Rock, CO
45,000 sq ft
Humphries Poli Architects, PC
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59. 2012 Tour Here
Slide Title Wrap-up
Some themes that emerged
1.Question assumptions
2.Drill down the mission to its core
3.Be a brand, create an identity
4.Know your community types
5.Build to last
6.Be green and share the knowledge
7.Get big results from small decisions
8.Plan for the unknown
9.Think privacy, collaboration, social & togetherness
10.Create viewing, playing, creating, thinking spaces
11.Bring in the light
12.Raise the floors
13.Rediscover quiet
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