Hunters Point Library is a public library on the East River waterfront in Long Island City, Queens. Steven Holl Architects designed it, with Steven Holl as lead design architect and Chris McVoy as senior partner in charge. It opened in 2019 as a branch of the Queens Public Library.
The building has about 22,000 square feet (2,000 square meters) of floor space on a site of 32,000 square feet (about 3,000 square meters). It stands on its own rather than inside a residential tower. Its footprint is small so that more of the site can stay green.
The library works as both a public building and part of a public park. Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates designed the landscape along the river's edge. Silman was the structural engineer, and Transsolar served as climate engineer.
This building has no Wikipedia article. Facts come from ArchDaily, Steven Holl Architects.
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