Marrickville Library is an award winner!
The magnificent Marrickville Library has won a number of recent major architecture awards. Find more details and media coverage below.
The new Marrickville Library and Pavilion is now open and this stunning new library has to be seen.
The building integrates contemporary design and technology with the original, conserved heritage elements of the main hospital building. It is uncompromising with regards to sustainability, with recycled elements wherever possible and clever design features that reduce energy consumption.
Due to an increase in library shelving space over 20,000 new books will be added to the current collection taking the collection to 85,000 books. For the first time, there will be a robotic collection available to borrow.
The entire second floor is dedicated to Council’s historic art book collection that until now – due to space issues - has not been easily accessible to the public.
Awards
- Winner – Public Library Category
- Winner – Member’s Choice Award
Media coverage
- Joint Winner – The Sir Zelman Award for Public Architecture
- Winner – The David Oppenheim Award for Sustainable Architecture
- Winner – Adaptive Reuse
- Winner - Education and Interpretation
- Winner – Judges Choice Award
- Shortlisted – Public Architecture
Media coverage
- Winner -NSW Premier’s Prize
- Winner - Milo Dunphy Award for Sustainable Architecture
- Winner - People’s Choice Award for Life
- Winner – Award for Public Architecture
- Winner – NSW Landscape Architecture Award for Civic Landscape
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- Overall Winner
- Winner – Excellence in Timber Applications – Public Buildings