Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Enlisted by Somerville Public Library, designLAB architects and G2 Design Studio have re-established the West Branch Library as a key civic fixture in the Davis Square neighborhood, in Somerville, represents a fundamental shift in library design, from the library as a “grocery store”—a place to check out resources for use at home— to a “kitchen”—a place to experiment, collaborate and create.
The transformation project of Somerville’s West Branch Library has recently been awarded a 2022 American Architecture Awards Honorable Mention by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
The West Branch Library in Somerville is a 10,500-square-foot neo-classical Carnegie Library built in 1909.
The addition and renovation project…
