2006 ALA/IIDA Interior Design Awards

Winners were honored in the following categories on June 26, 2006, at the American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans:

Academic Libraries, 30,000 SF and smaller
Morton College Library; Cicero, IL
Legat Architects; Chicago, IL

Academic Libraries, Over 30,000 SF
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, University Library; Oshawa, ON
Diamond & Schmidt Architects, Inc.; Toronto, ON

Valparaiso University, Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources; Valparaiso, IN
EHDD Architecture; San Francisco, CA

Public Libraries, 30,000 SF and smaller
Incline Village Library; Incline Village, NV
Hershenow & Killenstein; Omaha, NE

Quincie Douglas Branch, Tuscon-Pima Public Library; Tuscon, AZ
Richard + Bauer Architects; Phoenix, AZ

Public Libraries, Over 30,000 SF
Pierre Berton Resource Library; Woodbridge, ON
Diamond & Schmidt Architects, Inc.; Toronto, ON

Special Libraries, 30,000 SF and smaller
Edward E. Hale Public School 106 Library; Brooklyn, NY
Rockwell Group; New York, NY

Single Space
Nashville Public Library Civil Rights Collection; Nashville, TN
Tuck-Hinton Architects; Nashville, TN

Innovation in Sustainable Design
Phoenix Public Library, Desert Broom Branch; Phoenix, AZ
Richard + Bauer Architects; Phoenix, AZ

Special Merit
Harvard University, Baker Library; Cambridge, MA
Robert A.M. Stern Architects; New York, NY

Special Merit
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, ImaginOn; Charlotte, NC
Gantt Huberman Architects with Holzman Moss Architecture; Charlotte, NC

Honorable Mention
Seattle Public Library, International District, Chinatown Branch; Seattle, WA
Miller Hayashi Architects, LLC; Seattle, WA

On the Boards
Scottsdale Public Library System, Arabian Library; Scottsdale, AZ
Richard + Bauer Architects; Phoenix, AZ

Competition jurors: William Sannwald, Library Building consultant; Susan Kent, director of the Branch Libraries, New York Public Library; Cary D. Johnson, Gensler, Chicago; and Neil Frankel, principal, Frankel + Coleman.