Sunday, October 23, 2011

Herriman Library, Utah

Herriman Library, Utah was a new public library in a new community. There was very interesting use of art works to tell the story of the area. It was a lovely, light library which was well used by the community.

Exterior with scooters - Herriman Library, Salt Lake County Library Services

Signage showing the children's area...
Children's area signage - Herriman Library, Salt Lake County Library Services


You could see the current energy use within the building.
Local conditions - Herriman Library, Salt Lake County Library Services

You can look at more photographs of Herriman Library by following this link (and you can read the descriptions), or you can look at the slideshow below.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Novel destinations

Summer reading promotion - Herriman Library, Salt Lake County Library Services

This was a lovely summer reading promotion poster from Herriman Library in Utah. It really like the way the local canyons and buttes are made of books. The retro look works really well

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

J.Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Safety cow says read - J.Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
You can look at some more photographs of the J.Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City in the slide show below.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Prescott Public Library, Prescott, Arizona

Prescott Public Library had an impressive range of artworks associated with it. There was a long mural behind the library which included fanciful elements like this dragon, as well as elements from the history of the area.

Detail of dragon on mural behind Prescott Public Library

There was a strong local studies presence in the library as well, with the Kachina doll featuring.

Kachina dolls at Prescott Public Library

You can see more photographs of the mural and the library in the slide show below