North Vancouver City Library
City of North Vancouver
The North Vancouver City Library is a landmark building servicing a growing community. The library and surrounding plaza generates urban vitality and provides a community meeting place that compliments the surrounding business district.
The distribution of program space within the library is used to create superb study spaces overlooking either the Civic Plaza or the Courtyard with unheralded mountain views.
Energy to the library is provided by the Central Lonsdale District Energy Plant, located beneath the plaza. A large array of solar panels following the south slope of the roof monitor, provide heat for domestic hot water to the District.
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Client: City of North Vancouver
Completion: September 20th, 2008
LEED: Gold (candidate)
In Joint Venture with CEI Architecture Planning Interiors
Photography: Tom Arban
Services
Architectural Services
Feasibility Studies
Master Planning & Urban Design
Interior Design
Sustainable Design
Awards
2010
- North Vancouver Advisory Design Panel - Ubban Design / Landscape Development, Award of Merit
2009
- Architectural Institute of British Columbia, Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Award in Architecture - Award of Merit
- British Columbia Library Association, Merit Awards - Building Projects, Award of Excellence