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Interior Design recently published this year’s version of Best in Design, highlighting iconic architecture throughout the past 90 years in honor of its 90th anniversary. Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center is featured on page 172 as a demonstration of sustainable and resilient design that is intended to change with environmental conditions, and time.

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Our Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center is selected as a Finalist for the Architizer A+Awards in the Libraries category! The library is one of five projects in the world to be shortlisted for the Popular Choice Vote in this category. Please cast a vote for Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center to win this year’s Architizer A+ Award. Voting closes on Friday, May 27 at midnight PT.

Follow these steps to vote:

  1. Click the button below “Cast Your Vote”
  2. Log in through Architizer or create a new account
  3. Scroll down until you see Greenpoint Library and Environmental Center
  4. Click the green button “Vote”
  5. Click the green button “Confirm Vote”

Cast Your Vote for Marble Fairbanks Architects Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center in the Architizer A+ Awards Libraries Category

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We are honored to see Greenpoint Library featured in Karrie Jacobs’ New York Times piece on public libraries. Throughout the article, Karrie discusses the transformation of public libraries into community-centric hubs throughout, and often facilitated by the pandemic. Greenpoint Library was noted for its integration of unique features and spaces that allow the community a hands-on approach to environmental education.

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We’re excited to see Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center highlighted in the Architizer article, “Beyond Bookshelves: 7 Dynamic Libraries Designed for the 21st Century.” The article discusses how libraries are evolving into collaborative community spaces that reflect changes in the way people learn and work. Architizer recognized Greenpoint for its unique interior and exterior programming and design for activities centered around environmental education.

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Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center was featured in a recent posting by ArchDaily. The piece underscores Greenpoint Library as a community hub for environmental awareness, education, and activism in the Greenpoint Community, and a unique asset to the Brooklyn Public Library System.

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