The Calgary Municipal Land Corp. (CMLC) has shortlisted four architectural teams to design a new central library in the city’s East Village.
Selected from 38 submissions, the teams are:
- 3XN and AECOM (Denmark and Calgary)
- KPMB and BKDI (Toronto and Calgary)
- REX and Group2 (New York and Calgary)
- Snohetta and Dialog (Oslo/New York and Calgary)
The 286,000-square-foot library will be a multi-faceted public destination and gathering place, with a physical collection of approximately 600,000 books, special programs and spaces for children and teens, a technology commons and laboratory for innovation.
CMLC will announce the successful prime design consultant in October.
Construction is expected to begin in summer 2015. The new Central Library is anticipated to open by 2018.
