Client:
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
Toledo, Ohio
Highlights:
- 100,000 square foot addition to a 176,000 Historic Art Deco facility that features Vitrolite glass murals in the central court and children's area
- Programming and Master Planning took full advantage of the extraordinary existing character
- One of the special features of this library is the special collections room which houses Toledo local history materials
- Reorganization of the library includes transitioning from a library with 75% closed stacks to 95% open stacks
- Subject departments were eliminated and a single floor layout that housed the 750,000 book adult collections in continuous Dewey order, creating a very user-friendly library for customers
- Major urban parking challenges are addressed by placing structured parking for 300 cars under the building
- Advanced computer modeling and animations also helped this System make quality decisions on design, library interiors, and FF&E
