Washoe County Library, Public library in downtown Reno, United States.
Washoe County Library is a modern facility in downtown Reno designed with elevated seating areas and an interior garden court planted with trees. A bridge spans across to connect visitors to the circulation desk and different sections of the building.
The Washoe County Library was designed by architect Hewitt Campau Wells in the Modern style and built in 1965. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013, although it was then less than 50 years old, the usual threshold for listing. In 1968 the building received the national Industrial Landscape Award for its interior use of plants, shrubs and trees, presented by Lady Bird Johnson in Washington, D.C.
The building's interior landscaping earned the 1968 national Industrial Landscape Award, presented by Lady Bird Johnson in Washington, D.C., to architect Hewitt Wells, landscape architect Mitchell Serven and Purdy and Fitzpatrick Nursery. In 2014 Cengage Learning named the library "coolest internal space" and gave it $500.
The library is located on South Center Street in the downtown area and is easy to reach on foot. Inside you will find study areas, computer workstations, and collaborative learning spaces distributed across different levels.
A fallout shelter survives inside the building; in 2015 it was noted as one of the few remaining in Reno. The library also won a 2014 Cengage Learning award for "coolest internal space", worth $500, and in 1968 took the national Industrial Landscape Award for its interior plants, presented by Lady Bird Johnson.
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