Agave Library (Glendale, AZ) : Raking view of east wall, facing N. 36th Avenue
- Creator:
- Will Bruder + Partners, 1995-2012
- Published/Created:
- 23550 N. 36th Avenue; Glendale is suburb just west of Phoenix, also in Maricopa County, Glendale, Arizona, United States
2009 - Physical Description:
- 25,405 ft2 (area)
- Date Depicted:
- 12/20/2012
- Materials:
- concrete masonry; steel; glass
- Notes:
- The design of this 25,405 sq. ft. branch library for the City of Phoenix addresses issues of affordability in sustainable design. Located within a Planned Shopping Center in north Phoenix behind a gas station, car wash, fast food restaurant, and supermarket, the Library’s construction and material pallet quietly draws from the language of its retail neighbors. The Library’s "false front" (a 56 ft. galvanized metal scrim curving along the site’s eastern edge of 36th Avenue) mediates between its two realities: one of a limited budget, the other of the civic presence expected in a public institution. The metal scrim is much larger than the masonry building behind it. Named one of 10 New Landmark Libraries by Library Journal in 2011. In 2012, the firm dissolved and split; it is now Will Bruder Architects and WORKSBUREAU.
- Variant Titles:
- Agave Branch Library
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twenty-first century
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-WBP-AL-A06
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
libraries (buildings) (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- buildings; libraries (buildings)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Eight
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
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12/20/2012 12:00:00 AM - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4654
- OID:
- 10899082
- PID:
- digcoll:1822527