Palmetto Library / Houser Walker Architecture
The Palmetto Library is a new, $3.5M facility serving the communities of Palmetto and Chattahoochee Hills in a largely rural but developing region just outside of Atlanta, GA.
© Liam Strain
Architects: Houser Walker Architecture
Location: 9111 Cascade Palmetto Hwy, Palmetto, GA 30268, United States
Lead Architects: Gregory Walker, David Esterline
Area: 10500.0 ft2
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Liam Strain
Mepfp Engineering: Johnson Spellman Associates
Structural Engineering: Sykes Consulting Engineers
Landscape Architecture: The Jaeger Company
Client: Atlanta ? Fulton Public Library System
© Liam Strain
Text description provided by the architects. The Palmetto Library is a new, $3.5M facility serving the communities of Palmetto and Chattahoochee Hills in a largely rural but developing region just outside of Atlanta, GA.
© Liam Strain
Our design for the library takes inspiration from local vernacular structures and, in particular, a nearby large agricultural barn. We were inspired by the barn?s presence in the landscape, it?s interior volume, and material presence. As we began considering our design and its response to the local terrain and climate, we saw the barn as a befitting formal prototype. In response to the program needs, we took the volumetric profile of the existing structure and sliced it into quarters, with each section c...
© Liam Strain
Architects: Houser Walker Architecture
Location: 9111 Cascade Palmetto Hwy, Palmetto, GA 30268, United States
Lead Architects: Gregory Walker, David Esterline
Area: 10500.0 ft2
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Liam Strain
Mepfp Engineering: Johnson Spellman Associates
Structural Engineering: Sykes Consulting Engineers
Landscape Architecture: The Jaeger Company
Client: Atlanta ? Fulton Public Library System
© Liam Strain
Text description provided by the architects. The Palmetto Library is a new, $3.5M facility serving the communities of Palmetto and Chattahoochee Hills in a largely rural but developing region just outside of Atlanta, GA.
© Liam Strain
Our design for the library takes inspiration from local vernacular structures and, in particular, a nearby large agricultural barn. We were inspired by the barn?s presence in the landscape, it?s interior volume, and material presence. As we began considering our design and its response to the local terrain and climate, we saw the barn as a befitting formal prototype. In response to the program needs, we took the volumetric profile of the existing structure and sliced it into quarters, with each section c...
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