Year in Architecture 2015: Working in Harmony

The 113 triumphant academic and public library construction projects that we're highlighting are large and small, dear and frugal, cautiously attentive to historic character and wildly beyond what some consider "typical" library design. Yet all feature what is at the core of today's library, the cohesion between service and the community.Among these facilities, completed between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2015, are eight buildings judged to be the best examples of replicable public library models, Library Journal's New Landmark Libraries and Honorable Mentions. They are noted on the tables that follow and received a lot of ink in our fall Library by Design supplement, mailed with the September 15 issue. Check them out.