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Originally Posted by CoryB
My understand is the direction the city is going with new libraries is basically putting function ahead of style. That means they will lease a space on an existing bus route over some fancy design that could win architectural awards. Personally I am okay with that too as libraries are more about what is inside the walls than how pretty the walls are on the outside and if a compromise is needed I would rather it be one favouring content over building style.
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Hmm. How do other places manage to pull off both form and function?
Waterloo YMCA and Library:
Church conversion in Quebec City:
Local library in Toronto:
Neighbourhood library in Quebec City:
Longueil:
Boucherville:
La Malbaie:
Scarborough:
Edmonton:
Bear in mind that none of these are, as far as I know, showpiece central libraries with huge budgets... they're just garden variety local ones.