Calgary’s new Central Library has just opened its doors to the public — and it’s a thing of elegant, energy-efficient beauty. International architecture firm Snøhetta teamed up with North ...
When it opened in 2018, the Calgary Central Library in Alberta, Canada, already was being celebrated for its beauty and its brains. Variously described as resembling an open book, snowflakes, ...
Craig Dykers, a founding partner of Snøhetta, jokes that his firm and the Canadian practice Dialog won the competition for the New Central Library (NCL) in Calgary, Alberta, by “cheating.” Well, not ...
Calgary Police Service Chief Katie McLellan, right, and Calgary Drop-In Centre staff check on the health of a man slumped in ...
“Needless to say, we’re delighted by the enthusiastic response,” said Janet Hutchinson, Board Chair, Calgary Public Library. “It validates the importance and relevance of libraries in creating vibrant ...
Less than a month after elections across the province, Alberta's municipalities will meet to discuss where to focus its advocacy going forward, including increasing library funding, taxing short-term ...
The one-day enforcement blitz ultimately resulted in more than 1,200 arrests and dozens of court summonses and referrals to ...
One of the first things you notice in the new Calgary Central Library, which opened in November, is what isn’t there: a reference desk. Instead, librarians roam the soaring, four-story building, ...
Did you move to Calgary recently? I mean, sometime between two months ago or as far back as 2021. If so, CBC Calgary would like to invite you to a special workshop we're putting on in collaboration ...
The search is over: DIALOG and Snøhetta have been selected from a shortlist of four to design a new central library in the Canadian city of Calgary. Planned for a prime location adjacent to City Hall, ...