Designed by Teeple Architects, the Stanley A. Milner Library Renewal is a reimagination and reshape of the existing library building as a physical expression of Edmonton Public Library?s (EPL) civic role.
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The renewed building actively supports the library?s position as a key social and creative hub, enhances EPL?s goals of openness and welcoming in the community, and takes advantage of the building?s location in Edmonton?s city centre.
The library originally opened in 1967 as Edmonton?s Centennial Library, however many aspects of the building had reached the end of their life-cycles. Its dark and inward-looking spaces, small windows and dense floorplate no longer reflected or effectively supported a modern library service model. Andrew Latreille, Latreille Architectural Photography
Andrew Latreille, Latreille Architectural Photography
The architectural team (Teeple Architects + Stantec) used the key technical goals of the project ? including replacement of the building?s deteriorating envelope, seismic upgrades, and a comprehensive interior renovation ? as an opportunity to establish improved connections to public spaces and transit, a dynamic outward-looking form, and a reimagined interior spatial organization.
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The building?s multi-storey interior atrium creates a variety of inspiring spaces, intuitive and accessible circulation paths, and improved sightlines with dy...