Designing the suburbs
Courtesy of Brooks + Scarpa
Five buildings that are changing suburbia, from new community anchors to remade eyesores Suburbs have a reputation for bland sameness: cookie-cutter houses, buildings that rarely challenge the status quo, and design that?s overshadowed by big-city neighbors. But that?s far from the reality. As suburbs undergo seismic shifts in demographics, culture, and development, their architecture is shifting, too. Some of the most exciting new buildings across America are in the suburbs. Let?s have a look around:
Photo by Mark Herboth
A new anchor for a community in need
Project: New Castle Route 9 Library and Innovation Center
Location: New Castle, Delaware
Architect: Perkins and Will Libraries invite us to escape into fantasy, to learn about the world around us, and to gather. But as the world has changed, so too have these spaces. In New Castle, Delaware?a suburb of Wilmington?the next generation of libraries has taken shape. Historically, libraries were spaces you had to go to access information, but the New Castle Route 9 Library and Innovation Center is a place you want to visit over and over again.
Designed by Perkins and Will, the Route 9 Library isn?t your typical book repository. In addition to its collection, the library includes a media production studio, a full teaching kitchen, a STEM lab, a performing arts theater, a playroom filled with Legos, job training programs, community meeting spaces, a weekly farmer?s m...
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