The new library sits on a city-owned 2½ acre property, east of Market Street on Mission Inn Avenue, within walking distance of the Mission Inn and the city?s cultural and business district. The two-floor library volume sits 36 feet in the air on massive concrete piers, creating an 8,900-square-foot shaded outdoor public plaza as the entrance to the phase two paseo. The new covered plaza will host evening performances, weekly farmers markets, book fairs, and other community events. A new City Archive, Community Room, and Friends of the Library Bookstore are at street level at the perimeter of the plaza.
© Eric Laignel

architects: Johnson FavaroLocation: 3900 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, United StatesProject Year: 2021Photographs: Eric LaignelArea: 40000.0 m2
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