Steven Holl?s Hunters Point Community Library Tops Out in Queens
The new Hunters Point Community Library, designed by Steven Holl Architects, has topped out. Located along the East River in Long Island City, New York, the 22,000 square foot library will add a new community-devoted space to the waterfront, while serving as a new icon that can be seen from across the river in Manhattan.
Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
The new Hunters Point Community Library, designed by Steven Holl Architects, has topped out. Located along the East River in Long Island City, New York, the 22,000 square foot library will add a new community-devoted space to the waterfront, while serving as a new icon that can be seen from across the river in Manhattan.
Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
The building?s exposed concrete structure has been painted with aluminum to give the entire building a subtle sparkle and set it apart from the backdrop of recently built residential towers. To reveal the circulation and interior of the library, the building volume has been carved away following a golden-section motif, and glazed to give visitors views out toward the city as the ascend a series of bookshelf-flanked stairways.
Model of the library. Image Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
?This remarkable building has caught the eyes of people on both sides of the East River,? said Queens Library President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott. ?We owe it to them, our custom...
Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
The new Hunters Point Community Library, designed by Steven Holl Architects, has topped out. Located along the East River in Long Island City, New York, the 22,000 square foot library will add a new community-devoted space to the waterfront, while serving as a new icon that can be seen from across the river in Manhattan.
Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
The building?s exposed concrete structure has been painted with aluminum to give the entire building a subtle sparkle and set it apart from the backdrop of recently built residential towers. To reveal the circulation and interior of the library, the building volume has been carved away following a golden-section motif, and glazed to give visitors views out toward the city as the ascend a series of bookshelf-flanked stairways.
Model of the library. Image Courtesy of Steven Holl Architects
?This remarkable building has caught the eyes of people on both sides of the East River,? said Queens Library President and CEO Dennis M. Walcott. ?We owe it to them, our custom...
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