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The newly developed Bronx Library Center marked its one-year anniversary last month. The 78,000 square-foot library is the first public building in New York City and the first branch in the New York Public Library system to be LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified. The project received LEED Silver certification from the United States Green Building Council, and a 2006 New York City Green Building Award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the New York Department of Environmental Protection. The project was rewarded a 2006 Building Team Silver Award from Building Design & Construction Magazine.

Designers strived to lure neighborhood residents, school children, teens and workers to explore the library’s resources instead of dissuading them with typical institutional callousness. From the glass façade to the interior features, the design embodies the notion of transparency with pristine elegance. Each level of the five-story library is kissed by natural daylight and all the materials used in the interior are revealed for what they really are – wood looks like wood, stone looks like stone, and so on. A natural palette adorns the only painted sections of the interior. Can you imagine that inspiration for the project was also drawn from Barnes and Noble?


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