“Welcome to a new library. Not just a downtown institution that’s been renovated, renewed, and expanded…. But a whole new concept in libraries.

[Visitors can] borrow an iPad…. Lounge with a coffee bought at the library’s cafe…. They can plug in practically anywhere. They can … use the building for everything from study groups and business meetings to making video games, recording music, repairing bikes and doing performance art.”—Wisconsin State Journal

The reconstruction of a worn, 45-year-old, 95,000 square-foot library has resulted in a completely reimagined building. A 25,000 square-foot expansion encloses the formerly open entry with a glass atrium space and adds a partial third floor. New flexible spaces and technologies recognize evolving community needs with dedicated areas for children and teens, public meeting rooms, a making space, and a high-tech media lab. The design also incorporates a number of sustainable design strategies, some of the most prominent of which include solar panels and a green roof.