Michael Grimm
Central Library
Calgary, Canada
Calgary is home to one of North America’s largest library systems, and the city now boasts an architectural masterpiece as the system’s central hub. The downtown complex, designed by the Norwegian firm Snohetta, is flooded with natural light and features several aesthetic odes to its native land: walls made of cedar from nearby British Columbia, a curved facade meant to evoke cloud arches formed by the region’s Chinook winds. Of course, the library also houses an extensive collection of books—over 450,000. But it’s embracing its role as a broader educational center as well, offering learning labs, residency programs and even a digital production studio built for podcasters and YouTubers. —Wilder Davies
| Calgary Central Library | |
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| Alternative names | New Central Library |
| General information | |
| Type | Public library |
| Location | 800 3 Street SE Calgary, Alberta |
| Coordinates | 51.0453°N 114.0549°WCoordinates: 51.0453°N 114.0549°W |
| Construction started | 2013 |
| Completed | November 1, 2018 |
| Cost | $245 million |
| Owner | Calgary Public Library |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Floor area | 240,000 sq ft (22,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Snøhetta DIALOG |
| Structural engineer | Entuitive |
| Services engineer | SMP Engineering |
| Website | |
| yycnewcentrallibrary.com | |
The Calgary Central Library, also known as is a public library in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and the flagship branch of the Calgary Public Library. It is located in the Downtown East Village neighborhood and opened on November 1, 2018, replacing the existing central branch in Downtown Calgary.
The four-storey building cost $245 million to construct and was designed by American-Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta and Canadian firm DIALOG after the two firms' joint bid won a design competition in 2013. Their design features an oval-like form and an interior with a large central atrium with a skylight. The building is elevated one floor above street level to accommodate a light rail trackway below as well as a public plaza.
Planning for a new library began in 2004 and was finalized in 2011. Construction began in 2013 with the encapsulation of an existing CTrain light rail tunnel portal; above-ground construction of the library itself began in September 2015.
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