AIA Announces Winners of 2020 Library Building Awards

Washington, DC, September 21, 2020-The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) are awarding four libraries with the 2020 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards for excellence in architectural design.

2020 AIA/ALA Library Building Award recipients must demonstrate design achievement, including a sense of place, purpose, ecology, environmental sustainability, and of history. This year’s AIA/ALA Library Building Award recipients, selected by a six-person jury, exemplify these qualities.

2020 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards recipients:

Billie Jean King Main Library, Long Beach, California | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Capilano Library, Edmonton, AB Canada | Patkau Architects

Independence Library and Apartments, Chicago | John Ronan Architects

Northtown Branch Library and Apartments, Chicago | Perkins + Will

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