New Green Library to Replace North Village Branch

The North Village Branch Library will be moving from its current strip mall location (shown left) to the fancy new digs shown above (to be located at 2505 Steck Avenue). The new design, by Limbacher & Godfrey, features a rainwater collection system and solar panels. The walls will be built from recycled wood chips and modular concrete blocks. The designers focused on using natural light as much as possible, which is good because fluorescents make those pasty north Austin kids look like they have green skin. The building has a rainwater collection system, the xeriscape uses native plants and the pavement is porous to allow water to reach the earth (the earth loves that). Expected to open in October of 2008.

Images from Austin City Connection.

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By Shawn Shillington in News on March 23, 2007 10:33 AM 0 Comments

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M1EK

Other important metric for greenness: access to transit: OK in old one (hidden in a strip mall); a bit better for the new one (would be better if it were actually ON Burnet but at least it's a bit closer and a bit nicer walk).

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