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2024 ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Awards

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Honoring excellence in library interior design and promoting examples of extraordinary design reflected through innovative concepts across nine categories.

Winners

  • Project Title

    Western Kentucky University Commons at Helm Library

    Photos by Nick McGinn
    • Location

      Bowling Green

    • Firm

      Gensler in collaboration with Luckett & Farley

    • Category

      Outstanding Historic Renovation Project

    • Award

      Best of Competition

    • OUT HISTORIC 2024 ALA West Kentucky Genslerwith Land F 6
    • OUT HISTORIC 2024 ALA West Kentucky Genslerwith Land F 7
    • OUT HISTORIC 2024 ALA West Kentucky Genslerwith Land F 8
    • OUT HISTORIC 2024 ALA West Kentucky Genslerwith Land F 9
    • OUT HISTORIC 2024 ALA West Kentucky Genslerwith Land F 10
    • OUT HISTORIC 2024 ALA West Kentucky Genslerwith Land F 11
  • Project Title

    Georgia State University Library North Study Commons

    Photos by Nick McGinn Photography
    • Location

      Atlanta

    • Firm

      PRAXIS3 Architecture + Multidisciplinary Design

    • Category

      Academic Libraries - 30,000 sq. ft. and under

    • Award

      Category Winner

    • ACADEMIC UNDER 2024 ALA Georgia Praxis3 2
    • ACADEMIC UNDER 2024 ALA Georgia Praxis3 3
    • ACADEMIC UNDER 2024 ALA Georgia Praxis3 4
    • ACADEMIC UNDER 2024 ALA Georgia Praxis3 5
    • ACADEMIC UNDER 2024 ALA Georgia Praxis3 6
    • ACADEMIC UNDER 2024 ALA Georgia Praxis3 7
  • Project Title

    Weldon Library Revitalization

    Photos by Scott Norsworthy
    • Location

      London, Canada

    • Firm

      Perkins&Will

    • Category

      Academic Libraries - Over 30,000 sq. ft.

    • Award

      Category Winner

    • ACADEMIC 0 VER 2024 ALA Weldon Perkinsand Will 6
    • ACADEMIC 0 VER 2024 ALA Weldon Perkinsand Will 7
    • ACADEMIC 0 VER 2024 ALA Weldon Perkinsand Will 8
    • ACADEMIC 0 VER 2024 ALA Weldon Perkinsand Will 9
    • ACADEMIC 0 VER 2024 ALA Weldon Perkinsand Will 10
  • Project Title

    Tec de Monterrey CCM BiblioTec

    Photos by Mauricio Milenko Rodriguez Panić
    • Location

      Ciudad de México

    • Firm

      The Beck Group

    • Category

      Academic Libraries - Over 30,000 sq. ft.

    • Award

      Category Winner

    • ACADEMIC OVER 2024 ALA Tec Monterrey Beck Grp 9
    • ACADEMIC OVER 2024 ALA Tec Monterrey Beck Grp 10
    • ACADEMIC OVER 2024 ALA Tec Monterrey Beck Grp 11
    • ACADEMIC OVER 2024 ALA Tec Monterrey Beck Grp 12
    • ACADEMIC OVER 2024 ALA Tec Monterrey Beck Grp 13
    • ACADEMIC OVER 2024 ALA Tec Monterrey Beck Grp 14
  • Project Title

    Gateway Public Library

    Photos by Richärd Kennedy Architects / White Baux Studio
    • Location

      Mesa

    • Firm

      Richärd Kennedy Architects / White Baux Studio

    • Category

      On the Boards

    • Award

      Category Winner

    • ON THE BOARDS 2024 ALA Gateway Rkennedy White Baux 1
    • ON THE BOARDS 2024 ALA Gateway Rkennedy White Baux 2
    • ON THE BOARDS 2024 ALA Gateway Rkennedy White Baux 3
    • ON THE BOARDS 2024 ALA Gateway Rkennedy White Baux 4
    • ON THE BOARDS 2024 ALA Gateway Rkennedy White Baux 5
    • ON THE BOARDS 2024 ALA Gateway Rkennedy White Baux 6
  • Project Title

    CML - Marion-Franklin Library

    Photos by EVOKE Studio
    • Location

      Columbus

    • Firm

      EVOKE Studio + Schooley Caldwell

    • Category

      On the Boards

    • Award

      Category Winner

    • ON THE BOARDS ALA 2024 CML EVOKE 8
    • ON THE BOARDS ALA 2024 CML EVOKE 9
    • ON THE BOARDS ALA 2024 CML EVOKE 10
    • ON THE BOARDS ALA 2024 CML EVOKE 11
    • ON THE BOARDS ALA 2024 CML EVOKE 12
    • ON THE BOARDS ALA 2024 CML EVOKE 13
  • Project Title

    Pleasant Hill Library

    Photos by Matthew Millman
    • Location

      Pleasant Hill, California

    • Firm

      Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

    • Category

      Public Libraries - 30,000 sq. ft. and under

    • Award

      Category Winner

    • PUBLIC UNDER 2024 ALA Pleasant BCJ 8
    • PUBLIC UNDER 2024 ALA Pleasant BCJ 9
    • PUBLIC UNDER 2024 ALA Pleasant BCJ 10
    • PUBLIC UNDER 2024 ALA Pleasant BCJ 11
    • PUBLIC UNDER 2024 ALA Pleasant BCJ 12
    • PUBLIC UNDER 2024 ALA Pleasant BCJ 13
  • Project Title

    The Indianapolis Public Library – West Perry Branch

    Photos by Megan Ratts
    • Location

      Indianapolis

    • Firm

      HBM Architects, LLC

    • Category

      Public Libraries - 30,000 sq. ft. and under

    • Award

      Category Winner

    • PUBLIC UNDER 2024 ALA Indiana West Perry HB March 1
    • PUBLIC UNDER 2024 ALA Indiana West Perry HB March 2
    • PUBLIC UNDER 2024 ALA Indiana West Perry HB March 3
    • PUBLIC UNDER 2024 ALA Indiana West Perry HB March 4
    • PUBLIC UNDER 2024 ALA Indiana West Perry HB March 5
    • PUBLIC UNDER 2024 ALA Indiana West Perry HB March 1
  • Project Title

    The Shanghai Library East

    Photos by Raw Vision
    • Location

      Shanghai

    • Firm

      Schmidt Hammer Lassen

    • Category

      Public Libraries - Over 30,000 sq. ft.

    • Award

      Category Winner

    • PUBLIC OVER ALA 2024 Shanghai Schmidt 10
    • PUBLIC OVER ALA 2024 Shanghai Schmidt 11
    • PUBLIC OVER ALA 2024 Shanghai Schmidt 12
    • PUBLIC OVER ALA 2024 Shanghai Schmidt 13
    • PUBLIC OVER ALA 2024 Shanghai Schmidt 14
    • PUBLIC OVER ALA 2024 Shanghai Schmidt 15
  • Project Title

    Missoula Public Library Downtown Flagship Library & Culture House

    Photos by Lara Swimmer
    • Location

      Missoula

    • Firm

      MSR Design

    • Category

      Public Libraries - Over 30,000 sq. ft.

    • Award

      Category Winner

    • PUBLIC OVER 2024 ALA Missoula MSR 3
    • PUBLIC OVER 2024 ALA Missoula MSR 4
    • PUBLIC OVER 2024 ALA Missoula MSR 5
    • PUBLIC OVER 2024 ALA Missoula MSR 6
    • PUBLIC OVER 2024 ALA Missoula MSR 7
    • PUBLIC OVER 2024 ALA Missoula MSR 8
    • PUBLIC OVER 2024 ALA Missoula MSR 9
  • Project Title

    Robarts Library Reading Room

    Photos by doublespace photography
    • Location

      Toronto

    • Firm

      Superkül

    • Category

      Single Space

    • Award

      Category Winner

    • SINGLE SPACE 2024 ALA Robarts Superkul 1
    • SINGLE SPACE 2024 ALA Robarts Superkul 2
    • SINGLE SPACE 2024 ALA Robarts Superkul 3
    • SINGLE SPACE 2024 ALA Robarts Superkul 4
    • SINGLE SPACE 2024 ALA Robarts Superkul 5
    • SINGLE SPACE 2024 ALA Robarts Superkul 6

Jury

  • Stacey Crumbaker H Eadshot

    Stacey Crumbaker IIDA, Assoc. AIA

    Associate Principal, Mahlum Architects Inc.

  • Carrie Herrmann Headshot

    Carrie Herrmann

    Executive Director, Boone County (KY) Public Library

  • Erin Jennings Headshot

    Erin Jennings, IIDA, AIA

    Market Leader, Luminaut

Competition Guidelines

Submission Requirements

All submissions must be completed electronically. No hard copy submissions will be accepted. Projects must have been completed in or after October of 2020. For “On the Boards” category, please list the anticipated completion date. To enter a project into this competition, you will need to prepare and submit the following:

Written Component

  • Your firm's contact information including name, address, phone number, and email

  • Your design project's information including name and location
  • Project description: a brief project summary (50-word maximum)
  • Challenge statement: a description of your design challenge (250-word maximum)
  • Solution statement: a description of specific solutions to project challenges (250-word maximum)

Images

Please submit color images of your completed project, in JPG or JPEG format with a maximum file size of 2MB. You may submit captions to your images, not to exceed 50 words. Take note of the following additional guidelines:

    • Submit 7-10 color images total
      • only one(1) exterior image is permitted
      • Use numbers to name your image files, in order of uploads (01, 02, 03, etc).
    • Submit a minimum of one (1) floorplan
      • A maximum of three (3) floorplans are allowed
      • Please use the following format for floor plans: "floorplan1, floorplan2, floorplan3"
    • No composite images allowed - only one photograph per image upload
    • Do not reference or include your design/architectural firm name/logo in the images
    • Images may be edited to improve contrast ratio, color balance, and composition through cropping only.
    • Images may not be edited to add, remove, or alter any aspect or element of the project including its context. Images should represent the project as it exists in the built environment.

Categories

Projects must be submitted in one of the categories below. Categories may be renamed, consolidated, or eliminated (and projects reclassified) at the discretion of IIDA and/or the jurors.

  • Public Libraries - Small - 30,000 sq. ft. and under

  • Public Libraries - Large - Over 30,000 sq. ft.
  • Academic Libraries - Small - 30,000 sq. ft. and under
  • Academic Libraries - Large - Over 30,000 sq. ft.
  • Special Libraries - Small - 30,000 sq. ft. and under
  • Special Libraries - Large - Over 30,000 sq. ft.
  • Outstanding Historic Renovation Project
  • Single Space - a small project that focuses on a specific room or area in a library
  • On the Boards - a project currently in the design phase and not under construction (please list the anticipated completion date)

Judging

The winning design projects will be selected by a jury of design professionals. Submissions are judged on excellence in aesthetics, design, creativity, and function as well as the suitability of the design solution to the project challenge and the successful integration of the elements of design. The jury reserves the right not to select a winner from the entries submitted. A "Best of Competition" winner will be selected from the category winners and revealed at the Winners’ Celebration.

Prize

Winners and their clients will be honored at the Annual ALA Annual Conference in San Diego, June 27 - July 2, 2024. There will be a special winner’s celebration on Saturday, June 29, 2024. Winners will be published in the American Libraries Magazine, receive official digital assets, including competition winner logos for self-promotion, featured on IIDA.org and across IIDA’s social media platforms, and coverage in an official press release distributed to leading industry outlets and media partners!

For questions or more information, contact Veronica Whitaker at competitions@iida.org