The New Library
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Council approves funding plan for new Central Library
Halifax council Tuesday afternoon approved a financing scheme for construction of the new $55 million Central Library project and then Tuesday evening awarded the architectural contract for the building to Fowler Bauld & Mitchell, a local firm. The financing side was remarkably uncontroversial, in part because, as councillor Sue Uteck noted, just $4.5 million in […]
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How do we get a good library design?
Is the new Halifax library going to be an interesting and compelling addition to the city fabric, or will it be a designed-by-committee dud? And how, exactly, to you get a good public building? Those questions came front and centre when architect Brian MacKay-Lyons went on CBC’s Information Morning to blast the city’s selection process for an architect for the library. He was followed on subsequent shows by Phil Townsend, HRM’s director of infrastructure and asset management, by Paul Frank of JDA Architects, a firm still in the running for the library contract, and by myself. I have also independently
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How to get the best library design?
In today’s paper I mention that I’ll have a longer post about the library design in this space. That post is in the works, and will be up this afternoon. Please come back.