| Independence Park Library
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
PSA-Dewberry as part of The Design Collaborative has been selected to design the 115,000-square-foot library for the City and Parish of East Baton Rouge. The library has been targeted for LEED Gold certification and is scheduled to open in late 2011. It will include a meeting room that will accommodate up to 300 people, multiple conference rooms, special areas for children and teens, study rooms, a technology lab, and a quiet reading room. An adult collection area will also house a room for genealogical studies and local history. Services provided included master planning through design and construction documents. |
| Morris Library, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois
PSA-Dewberry provided architecture, structural, and civil engineering, as well as technology and cost estimating services for this 53,830-square-foot addition and 269,293-square-foot remodeling of the campus library. Remodeling includes an enhanced exterior building envelope and upgrade of the mechanical systems, repairing masonry, installing building automation systems, replacing fire alarm systems, replacing the electrical wiring systems, replacing the roofing system, purchasing high-density storage shelving, and replacing carpeting. The building includes distance learning, teleconferences, classrooms, circulating library materials, and a 23-hour study center. |
 | Piqua Public Library
Piqua, Ohio
PSA-Dewberry provided design services for the renovation of the Fort Piqua Hotel into a 80,000-square-foot library. The basement level, with foundation walls constructed of stacked stone, made an ideal setting for a castle-like children’s area. The first floor, with its elegant lobby and dramatic fireplace, now includes the main circulation area and space for new materials and media. The second floor houses more books and a technology area, with two former hotel rooms—required to remain in place due to their historic significance—furnished as meeting and business spaces. A “woman’s staircase” at the front of the lobby, the original balcony, and a backlit skylight were also preserved. Read about the library in the May 2010 issue of Library Journal, "Embracing a Grand History." |
 | Keller Public Library Expansion
Keller, Texas
The City of Keller retained PSA-Dewberry to expand, renovate, and create a new and exciting image for the Keller Public Library. Currently, the Keller Public Library is a 12,500-square-foot facility. With the new expansion and renovation, PSA-Dewberry will design an additional 10,000 square feet of space. | |  | Fox Lake Public Library
Fox Lake, Illinois
The new 45,000-square-foot library is designed to be built on an adjacent piece of property while the existing library stays in operation during construction. This requirement had direct implications on the location of the building and site development, but eliminated the cost and problems associated with relocation during the construction phase of the project. The library board required the new design to draw people in and encourage them to read, research, compute and relax. A high level of transparency on the front of building facade acts as a welcoming beacon to passersby and patrons and will flood the interior with natural light. A number of green materials were employed: landscape filtration in the parking area, daylight harvesting, recyclable materials and a 'green', vegetative roof to name a few. | |  | Thurmont Public Library
Thurmont, Maryland
The new 25,000-square-foot Thurmont Library replaces a previous storefront branch of the Frederick County Public Libraries located in Thurmont. Inspiration for the design of the new library is based on a marriage of the rural agrarian structures of the area with the old iron foundry that is the region's most prominent historic landmark. By taking advantage of protected wetlands covering a significant portion of the site, the building was shaped and designed to fit into the undulating edge of the wetlands. The library houses over 100,000 volumes, features abundant natural light, is energy efficient, and includes a variety of instructional and community gathering areas. | |  | Byron Public Library
Byron, Illinois
The Byron Public Library needed to double its existing square footage. PSA-Dewberry provided the library trustees with an initial study to determine if the existing building could be expanded. During this process the team concluded that, due to the shape of the site, a building addition was not feasible, and the library board decided to build a new library on land already owned by the library district. This state-of-the-art facility uses a geothermal heating and cooling system with 36 wells, each 450 feet deep located within the site’s green space. This system supplies the building with all heating and cooling needs. Construction began in 2008 and the library was ready for occupancy in August 2009. LEED® Gold Certified Project | |  | Queen Creek Library
Queen Creek, Arizona
PSA-Dewberry teamed with Dick & Fritsche Design Group for this new design-build 47,000-square-foot library with 20,000 square feet of shell space. The new library will include community meeting rooms, friend's sale area, vending as well as children's, teens, and adult reading area. RFID returns, sorting and checkout is also part of the project. PSA-Dewberry is providing space planning, interior design and FFE design for this project. | |  | The LaGrange Public Library
LaGrange, Illinois
The LaGrange Public Library had a dilemma: the library needed to expand but the existing site was completely filled by the library and its associated parking. PSA-Dewberry designed a new 35,000-square-foot addition to the existing library which fit within the existing site and respected the elements of LaGrange's downtown shopping area and historic residential district that the library bordered. The final design not only respects LaGrange's historic architecture but provides village residents with a 21st century library. | |  | Addison Public Library
Addison, Illinois
The new Addison Public Library is a marriage of traditional library service and architecture with the best features and elements of a 21st century library building. Situated on the southeast corner of the Village of Addison municipal campus, the new 54,000-square-foot library design recalls the traditional forms and elements of the adjacent Village Hall while simultaneously making a bold, contemporary visual statement. The library is the cornerstone of the Village of Addison Town Center Redevelopment Plan, an ambitious undertaking that will restore a sense of place and a true "downtown" to a village that currently lacks a downtown area. The new building has been designed to LEED-NC standards. | |  | Oakton Public Library
Oakton, Virginia
The goals of the 17,000-square-foot Oakton Library were to create a strong identity, provide maximum flexibility and to make a statement in the community. The program spaces include a meeting room, quiet study and small conference to accommodate a variety of meeting needs. The project is part of the county's initiative to design all new projects with a minimum of a LEED Silver certification, which the facility attained. Because the site planning started early, the library is located in the most environmentally responsible location, and the innovative sustainable design initiatives recommended will save the county in operating costs. | |  | Timberglen Branch Library
Dallas, Texas
This 18,000-square-foot branch library for the City of Dallas was designed to meet the challenge of attaining LEED Gold certification, which it received in 2009. Two of the ways it does this is through harvesting rain water to irrigate the landscape and harvesting natural light to reduce energy consumption. The program spaces include a meeting room and classroom to accommodate community meeting needs. The collection spaces are comprised of children's, reference, fiction, non-fiction and periodicals. | |  | Naperville Public Library
Naperville, Illinois
Although the program for this new 74,000-square-foot library is fairly typical of suburban libraries, the library board desired this facility to represent a technologically advanced facility compared to other neighboring community libraries. To achieve a "high-tech, high-touch" look and feel, PSA-Dewberry's design included terra cotta cladding as the primary exterior material. This, in conjunction with glass and concrete, gives the library its progressive essence. |
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