Other New Libraries Being Built and/or Planned

Links listed on this page provide information about central libraries in other cities and library services throughout the United States and the world, as points of comparison for our own Central Library Project. Photos of some of these and other recent library projects are available on our Central Library Project Board on Pinterest.

United States and Canada:

AIA/ALA (American Institute of Architects and the American Library Association) Library Building awards:

• 2021
• 2020
• 2018:
  

Austin, Texas Public Library

Blair Public Library (Nebraska)

Do Space (Omaha, Nebraska)

Hastings Public Library (Nebraska)

Madison Central Public Library

Norfolk Public Library (Nebraska)

Norman, Olahoma Public Library Central (Architect’s Case Study)

Wichita Public Library (in construction)

• Video: “Wichita needs a new central library”
• Video: “Some key Wichita leaders in support of a new advanced learning center”
• “A sneak peek inside Wichita’s new Advanced Learning Library: Bolder, brighter, better” – Dion Lefler, Wichita Eagle, April 27, 2018

Innovative Spaces and Services

Chicago Public Library (Teen Center)

Do Space (Omaha)