wood, lots of it
It started with this vison — two towers for living with a community hub below. With wellness at the core, outdoor space became the emblem of livability.
A generous building must come with a generous program…
…so a library was chosen.
The library should accommodate both our historic past and our technologic future — Such became the vision for the dual-community hub.
The historic Post Office Building (torn down post-war) formerly inhabited the site. The influence of this massive public structure heavily (pun-intended) influenced the design of the new library.
The quintessential library has often employed post-and-beam structural members, creating a simple repetitive elegance.