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Jacksonville Public Library

Jacksonville, Florida

Client: Jacksonville Library
Architect: Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Sculptor: Larry Kirkland
Completion: 2005

The Jacksonville Main Library is a highly efficient, state-of-the-art public place with intimate and grand rooms, garden courtyards, conference areas, and cafés. Occupying 300,000 sq.ft, Jacksonville library is the largest in Florida. The Main Library continues the city’s rich tradition of civic buildings that speak in a version of the classical language adapted to the particulars of local climate and culture.