The 2020 SARA NY Design Awards recognized the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with the NY Design Award of Merit. The annual award recognizes design excellence across a variety of projects from around the world in several categories spanning innovation, excellence, honor, and merit. Read more about the awards here.
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The Center for Active Design (CfAD) recently published Assembly: Civic Design Guidelines, an inspiring, practical tool that serves as a call to action for designing and maintaining great public spaces for all. We are thrilled Glen Oaks Branch Library, Queens Library is featured as a case study for design that addresses the needs of the surrounding community and serves as an epicenter of cultural exchange. Download a free copy of the full publication from CfAD’s website.
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: