LIBRARY
LIBRARY
LIBRARY
LIBRARY
LIBRARY
Cuyahoga County Public Library Parma Heights Branch
Cuyahoga County Public Library Parma Heights Branch
Cuyahoga County Public Library Parma Heights Branch
Cuyahoga County Public Library Parma Heights Branch
Cuyahoga County Public Library Parma Heights Branch
A multi-generational collaboration hub where civic purpose, individual growth, and natural wonder intertwine, supporting pathways for lifelong learning.
—Always By Design
A multi-generational collaboration hub where civic purpose, individual growth, and natural wonder intertwine, supporting pathways for lifelong learning.
—Always By Design
A multi-generational collaboration hub where civic purpose, individual growth, and natural wonder intertwine, supporting pathways for lifelong learning.
—Always By Design
A multi-generational collaboration hub where civic purpose, individual growth, and natural wonder intertwine, supporting pathways for lifelong learning.
—Always By Design
A multi-generational collaboration hub where civic purpose, individual growth, and natural wonder intertwine, supporting pathways for lifelong learning.
—Always By Design
The Parma Heights Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library is more than a library - it's a civic hub where learning, community, and nature come together.
The Parma Heights Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library is more than a library - it's a civic hub where learning, community, and nature come together.
The Parma Heights Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library is more than a library - it's a civic hub where learning, community, and nature come together.
The Parma Heights Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library is more than a library - it's a civic hub where learning, community, and nature come together.
The Parma Heights Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library is more than a library - it's a civic hub where learning, community, and nature come together.
Set at the edge of Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation and woven into the Parma Heights civic campus, this 22,000-square-foot facility brings together three vital community partners under one roof: a public library, offices for Aspire Greater Cleveland's adult education services, and a Head Start early learning center.
Set at the edge of Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation and woven into the Parma Heights civic campus, this 22,000-square-foot facility brings together three vital community partners under one roof: a public library, offices for Aspire Greater Cleveland's adult education services, and a Head Start early learning center.
Set at the edge of Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation and woven into the Parma Heights civic campus, this 22,000-square-foot facility brings together three vital community partners under one roof: a public library, offices for Aspire Greater Cleveland's adult education services, and a Head Start early learning center.
Set at the edge of Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation and woven into the Parma Heights civic campus, this 22,000-square-foot facility brings together three vital community partners under one roof: a public library, offices for Aspire Greater Cleveland's adult education services, and a Head Start early learning center.
Set at the edge of Cleveland Metroparks' Big Creek Reservation and woven into the Parma Heights civic campus, this 22,000-square-foot facility brings together three vital community partners under one roof: a public library, offices for Aspire Greater Cleveland's adult education services, and a Head Start early learning center.
The result is a multigenerational gathering place—one where early childhood development, adult workforce preparation, and community life converge, each strengthening the others.
The result is a multigenerational gathering place—one where early childhood development, adult workforce preparation, and community life converge, each strengthening the others.
The result is a multigenerational gathering place—one where early childhood development, adult workforce preparation, and community life converge, each strengthening the others.
The result is a multigenerational gathering place—one where early childhood development, adult workforce preparation, and community life converge, each strengthening the others.
The result is a multigenerational gathering place—one where early childhood development, adult workforce preparation, and community life converge, each strengthening the others.
The building's location does double duty, anchoring the civic campus - with its pool, athletic courts, and playground - while also serving as a gateway to the Metroparks trail system just beyond. A cell tower at the heart of the site could have been a constraint. Instead, it became the starting point for the design: the building's plan bends around it, angling the library's adult and children's spaces so each opens onto unobstructed views of the surrounding woods.
The building's location does double duty, anchoring the civic campus - with its pool, athletic courts, and playground - while also serving as a gateway to the Metroparks trail system just beyond. A cell tower at the heart of the site could have been a constraint. Instead, it became the starting point for the design: the building's plan bends around it, angling the library's adult and children's spaces so each opens onto unobstructed views of the surrounding woods.
The building's location does double duty, anchoring the civic campus - with its pool, athletic courts, and playground - while also serving as a gateway to the Metroparks trail system just beyond. A cell tower at the heart of the site could have been a constraint. Instead, it became the starting point for the design: the building's plan bends around it, angling the library's adult and children's spaces so each opens onto unobstructed views of the surrounding woods.
The building's location does double duty, anchoring the civic campus - with its pool, athletic courts, and playground - while also serving as a gateway to the Metroparks trail system just beyond. A cell tower at the heart of the site could have been a constraint. Instead, it became the starting point for the design: the building's plan bends around it, angling the library's adult and children's spaces so each opens onto unobstructed views of the surrounding woods.
The building's location does double duty, anchoring the civic campus - with its pool, athletic courts, and playground - while also serving as a gateway to the Metroparks trail system just beyond. A cell tower at the heart of the site could have been a constraint. Instead, it became the starting point for the design: the building's plan bends around it, angling the library's adult and children's spaces so each opens onto unobstructed views of the surrounding woods.
What began as an obstacle became an organizing idea, keeping the forest a constant, quiet presence throughout.
What began as an obstacle became an organizing idea, keeping the forest a constant, quiet presence throughout.
What began as an obstacle became an organizing idea, keeping the forest a constant, quiet presence throughout.
What began as an obstacle became an organizing idea, keeping the forest a constant, quiet presence throughout.
What began as an obstacle became an organizing idea, keeping the forest a constant, quiet presence throughout.
Transparent facades open the building to both the arrival plaza and the park trails beyond, blurring the line between indoors and out and inviting the landscape in at every turn.
Transparent facades open the building to both the arrival plaza and the park trails beyond, blurring the line between indoors and out and inviting the landscape in at every turn.
Transparent facades open the building to both the arrival plaza and the park trails beyond, blurring the line between indoors and out and inviting the landscape in at every turn.
Transparent facades open the building to both the arrival plaza and the park trails beyond, blurring the line between indoors and out and inviting the landscape in at every turn.
Transparent facades open the building to both the arrival plaza and the park trails beyond, blurring the line between indoors and out and inviting the landscape in at every turn.
The building's materials take their cues directly from the adjacent Metroparks reservation. Its layered, textured massing echoes the shale formations found along Big Creek - brick coursing of varying lengths shifts, steps, and recedes across the facade, catching shadow and light throughout the day.
The building's materials take their cues directly from the adjacent Metroparks reservation. Its layered, textured massing echoes the shale formations found along Big Creek - brick coursing of varying lengths shifts, steps, and recedes across the facade, catching shadow and light throughout the day.
The building's materials take their cues directly from the adjacent Metroparks reservation. Its layered, textured massing echoes the shale formations found along Big Creek - brick coursing of varying lengths shifts, steps, and recedes across the facade, catching shadow and light throughout the day.
The building's materials take their cues directly from the adjacent Metroparks reservation. Its layered, textured massing echoes the shale formations found along Big Creek - brick coursing of varying lengths shifts, steps, and recedes across the facade, catching shadow and light throughout the day.
The building's materials take their cues directly from the adjacent Metroparks reservation. Its layered, textured massing echoes the shale formations found along Big Creek - brick coursing of varying lengths shifts, steps, and recedes across the facade, catching shadow and light throughout the day.
Corten steel-look panels and exposed timber structure round out a palette that feels elemental and enduring, grounding the building in its setting without feeling literal.
Corten steel-look panels and exposed timber structure round out a palette that feels elemental and enduring, grounding the building in its setting without feeling literal.
Corten steel-look panels and exposed timber structure round out a palette that feels elemental and enduring, grounding the building in its setting without feeling literal.
Corten steel-look panels and exposed timber structure round out a palette that feels elemental and enduring, grounding the building in its setting without feeling literal.
Corten steel-look panels and exposed timber structure round out a palette that feels elemental and enduring, grounding the building in its setting without feeling literal.
At its heart, the Parma Heights Branch dissolves the boundary between library and landscape, between institution and everyday community life. It's a trailhead, a neighborhood anchor, and a home for lifelong learning - where library services, adult literacy, and early childhood education share not just a building, but a purpose.
At its heart, the Parma Heights Branch dissolves the boundary between library and landscape, between institution and everyday community life. It's a trailhead, a neighborhood anchor, and a home for lifelong learning - where library services, adult literacy, and early childhood education share not just a building, but a purpose.
At its heart, the Parma Heights Branch dissolves the boundary between library and landscape, between institution and everyday community life. It's a trailhead, a neighborhood anchor, and a home for lifelong learning - where library services, adult literacy, and early childhood education share not just a building, but a purpose.
At its heart, the Parma Heights Branch dissolves the boundary between library and landscape, between institution and everyday community life. It's a trailhead, a neighborhood anchor, and a home for lifelong learning - where library services, adult literacy, and early childhood education share not just a building, but a purpose.
At its heart, the Parma Heights Branch dissolves the boundary between library and landscape, between institution and everyday community life. It's a trailhead, a neighborhood anchor, and a home for lifelong learning - where library services, adult literacy, and early childhood education share not just a building, but a purpose.
CLIENT
CLIENT
CLIENT
LOCATION
LOCATION
LOCATION
Parma Heights, OH
Parma Heights, OH
Parma Heights, OH
SIZE
SIZE
SIZE
22,000 SF
22,000 SF
22,000 SF
SERVICES
SERVICES
SERVICES
Stakeholder Engagment
Architecture
Interior Design
Furniture Design
MEP Engineering
Stakeholder Engagment
Architecture
Interior Design
Furniture Design
MEP Engineering
Stakeholder Engagment
Architecture
Interior Design
Furniture Design
MEP Engineering
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To learn more about our Library projects, contact Aaron Hill or view our Library Experience Book below.
P. 216 308 2470
E. ahill@bialosky.com
To learn more about our Library projects, contact Aaron Hill or view our Library Experience Book below.
P. 216 308 2470
E. ahill@bialosky.com
To learn more about our Library projects, contact Aaron Hill or view our Library Experience Book below.
P. 216 308 2470
E. ahill@bialosky.com
To learn more about our Library projects, contact Aaron Hill or view our Library Experience Book below.
P. 216 308 2470
E. ahill@bialosky.com
To learn more about our Library projects, contact Aaron Hill or view our Library Experience Book below.
P. 216 308 2470
E. ahill@bialosky.com
