ARCHITECTURE / MERIT

Des Moines Public Library, Des Moines, IA

Firm: David Chipperfield Architects / Architect of Record:
Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture
Photographer: Farshid Assassi

The library forms an integral part of the new ‘Western Gateway Park’ in downtown Des Moines. This area, an intensive brown field regeneration project, is currently under construction and the new library and park will become a centrepiece for the urban renewal of Des Moines.