We're excited to share that the Columbus Metropolitan Library's main branch won the coveted James B. Recchie Design Award. This award honors excellence in urban design and celebrates projects that add to the distinctive character and improved quality of life in Columbus, OH. The award was presented on October 17, 2019, at the Ohio Theatre Galbreath Pavilion.

The renovation of the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s historic Carnegie-funded Main Library transforms the building into a beautiful, renewed landmark that mixes the best of the old and the new. The reinvigorated space features a sun-washed central space that preserves much of the rear façade of the original building and its Beaux-Arts details, juxtaposed against a modern glass curtain wall. Activating the interior and exterior, the renovation restores the significance of the Front Lawn and creates a physical connection through the library from west to east that opens on to Topiary Park – the result is a library-in-a-park. The actual footprint of the library remains the same, but the change is transformational.

GUND's design partners on this project include Schooley Caldwell and MKSK.