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Toronto’s 100th Library Takes Design Cues from the Bluffs

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Scheduled to open this spring, the branch will feature modern ammenities like 3D printers

The Toronto Public Library’s newest branch is much more than a mere book repository – no bluffing. OK, some bluffing. Designed by LGA Architectural Partners, along with Phillip H. Carter Architecture + Urban Planning, the Scarborough Civic Centre Branch features bright windows, glue-laminated timber and sloping green roofs that recall the nearby Bluffs. Inside is a digital innovation hub, and outside a modern public plaza with a reading garden. torontopubliclibrary.ca

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