Marble Fairbanks talked the new Greenpoint Library and gave VR tours of the future building at the Green Design Lab event in Grand Army Plaza. The panel was part of Democracy Lab at the Spacebuster, an inflatable pavilion presented by Brooklyn Public Library, Storefront for Art + Architecture, and others. Learn more about the event series here; see the Greenpoint Library in VR here.
Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center for Brooklyn Public Library earned a Merit Award from the AIA Brooklyn + Queens Design Awards. The project along with other winners, will be honored at the AIA BQDA Gala on June 27th. View all the winning projects here.
Brooklyn Public Library hosted the official groundbreaking ceremony for Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center on Monday, October 23rd. In addition to Brooklyn Public Library’s President and project team, New York City and State officials, and representatives from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund, we were also joined by students from P.S. 34 Green Stem club. See more photos from the event on our Facebook page or read more about the ceremony in the articles listed below:
Demolition of Brooklyn Public Library’s Greenpoint Library is complete! The official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center will take place on October 23rd at 3pm.
Join us this Monday at 107 Norman Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn to celebrate the beginning of construction with Brooklyn Public Library, Assemblyman Joe Lentol, and representatives from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
We are pleased to announce that the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture‘s official ribbon-cutting ceremony took place this morning, October 16th, in the newly renovated main reading room.
Designed through NYC DDC’s Excellence Program, this project spans three connected buildings at the Schomburg Center: the Schomburg Building, Langston Hughes Building, and Landmark Building. Work undertaken consists of exterior and interior renovations throughout the Schomburg Center including historic preservation and renovation work of the Landmark Building by McKim, Mead & White and an addition to the Schomburg Building. Additions include the gift shop and conference room as well as interior renovations to multiple research divisions and gallery spaces.
See more photos of the project on Curbed New York.