The following libraries are winners of the 2015 Library Building Awards, sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and ALA’s Library Leadership and Management Association. The biennial award recognizes distinguished accomplishment in library architecture by an architect licensed in the United States for any library in the US or abroad. The awards were presented at the 2015 ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition in San Francisco.
Vancouver (Wash.) Community Library. Architect: The Miller Hull Partnership. Photo: Benjamin Benschneider
Slover Library, Norfolk, Virginia. Architect: Newman Architects with Tymoff + Moss. Photo: Graham Hebel
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Public Library. Architect: Public Library OPN Architects. Photo: Wayne E. Johnson
The Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Architect: designLAB; Austin Architects. Photo: Peter Vanderwarke
The Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library and Learning Center, Little Rock, Arkansas. Architect: Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects. Photo: Timothy Hursley
Mission Branch,
San Antonio Public Library. Architect: Muñoz and Company. Photo: Chris Cooper/Luis M. Garza