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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Glendale, Arizona, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporal2009 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorWill Bruder + Partnersen_US
dc.date2009en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-19T17:01:50Z
dc.date.available2013-12-19T17:01:50Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.identifier242069en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2859en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/150358
dc.descriptionInterior with pendant lighting and unfinished masonry walls; The design of this 25,405 sq. ft. branch library for the City of Phoenix addresses issues of affordability in sustainable design. Located within a Planned Shopping Center in north Phoenix behind a gas station, car wash, fast food restaurant, and supermarket, the Library’s construction and material pallet quietly draws from the language of its retail neighbors. The Library’s "false front" (a 56 ft. galvanized metal scrim curving along the site’s eastern edge of 36th Avenue) mediates between its two realities: one of a limited budget, the other of the civic presence expected in a public institution. The metal scrim is much larger than the masonry building behind it. Named one of 10 New Landmark Libraries by Library Journal in 2011. In 2012, the firm dissolved and split; it is now Will Bruder Architects and WORKSBUREAU. Source: ArchDaily; http://www.archdaily.com/ (accessed 8/5/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediumconcrete masonry; steel; glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectSustainable buildingsen_US
dc.subjectXeriscapingen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleAgave Libraryen_US
dc.title.alternativeAgave Branch Libraryen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-WBP-AL-A73en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypelibrary (building)en_US
dc.contributor.displayWill Bruder + Partners (American architectural firm, 1995-2012)en_US


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