Crofton Library

Awards:
• Award of Excellence, 
   Associated Builders + Contractors

Crofton has a new 25,000 g.s.f. Branch Library for Anne Arundel County.  A site with high visiblity from all sides required this facility to be designed as a building in the round. High windows in the reading room maximize shelving and daylight.  

A skylit spine and curved wall across from the reading room define the main circulation path and draw visitors through the library. The circulation desk has clear supervision of the main entrance, all of the stack areas, and into the Children’s area.

The Crofton Library includes:  public meeting rooms; adult fiction; adult non-fiction; young adult collection; children’s collection; audio-visual collection; reference; periodicals; computer catalogs; study areas; reading areas; staff work areas; public restrooms; an information desk; and circulation desk areas.

Collection Size: 140,000