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Broward County South Regional/Broward College Library
Pembroke Pines, FL
Broward County | 72,000 SF | 2006
As both a regional public and academic library, this building serves as Broward Colleges' principal research facility, while also meeting the specific needs of Broward County's local seniors, adults, teens and children. When opened, the library became one of the first joint-use facilities in Florida and the nation.
The joint-use trend allows multiple user groups to afford greater amenities by being more accessible to a larger cross-section of users.
The design concept is analogous to the way that the layers of a story are revealed to a reader through the pages of a book. Like a book, the layers of the library are expressed to visitors through a series of protruding planes.
A 40-foot glazed curtain wall creates a dramatic presence on the north side of the library. It welcomes visitors and also provides a great amount of controlled natural daylight to the interior, and is a beacon of light in the evening.
The library is the first LEED Certified building in the state college system and the first LEED Silver building in Broward County.
