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Nov 4, 2024 · The Patience S. Latting Northwest Library opened on May 22, 2012 as the first new Metro Library location in more than 30 years. This 35,000 square foot library features imagery of the Oklahoma prairie including study areas housed in glass that resemble oil derricks. Wood-slat walls are reminiscent of the oilfield equipment crates that were ...
Sep 18, 2014 · In May 2008 LWPB Architecture teamed with library planning consultant Richard and Bauer (Phoenix, AZ) to respond to the City of Oklahoma City's RFP (Request for Proposal) for this project. The ...
Patience S. Latting Northwest Library. 8. September 2014. What looks like a low-slung industrial box rising from the plains of Oklahoma, with oil derricks projecting from its roof, is in fact a library inspired by the natural and economic characteristics of the place. Designed by LWPB Architecture with Richard+Bauer, the building is an ...
BUDGET. $5M - 10M. In May 2008 LWPB Architecture teamed with library planning consultant Richard + Bauer (Phoenix, AZ) to respond to the City of Oklahoma City's RFP (Request for Proposal) for the design of a new branch library, Oklahoma City’s first branch to constructed in over 35 years. The LWPB/Richard + Bauer team were chosen from a field ...
All signage and wayfinding has been designed to emulate the Route 66 style popular along Oklahoma’s “mother road”. Book stack end panels portray scenes familiar to our state such as oil field equipment, prairie grasses, windmill vanes, and burning sunsets. This 35,000 SF project has attained LEED Silver Certification for New Construction ...
The first branch library constructed by the Metropolitan Library System in over 30 years, the Patience S. Latting Northwest Library combines imagery of the Oklahoma prairie with the technology and purpose of a modern library. Only the second Oklahoma City project to be registered for LEED certification, sustainability drove many design decisions.
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Press & Awards. 2013 AIA Oklahoma, Honor Award Commercial Design. 2012 AIA Central Oklahoma, Citation Award. 2012 AIA Central States Region, Merit Award.
