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Architects: ikon.5 architects
- Area: 22500 ft²
- Year: 2009
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Photographs:James D'Addio
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Manufacturers: 3form, Benjamin Moore, Icestone, JEB, James Hardie, Kawneer, Mecho Systems, Wolf Gordon
Text description provided by the architects. Set along a commercial shopping strip highway, Kirkwood Public Library is designed as a roadside billboard announcing the public civic function of reading, learning, and exploration. Architecture firm ikon.5 architects, had the opportunity to create a new branch library for a growing diverse community in an accessible area that would serve as the iconic community center of the neighborhood.












