The Calgary Central Library attracts a lot of people — but not all of them are there to check out a book. Earlier this year, police rounded up more than two dozen people accused of selling drugs right ...

The Calgary Public Library has unveiled its holiday season programming, from storytime with Mayor Jeromy Farkas and other ...

Calgary’s new Central Library has just opened its doors to the public — and it’s a thing of elegant, energy-efficient beauty. International architecture firm Snøhetta teamed up with North ...

When it opened in 2018, the Calgary Central Library in Alberta, Canada, already was being celebrated for its beauty and its brains. Variously described as resembling an open book, snowflakes, ...

Calgary police officers respond to an unspecified incident at the Central Library shortly after 1 p.m. on Friday, September 12, 2025, forcing its temporary closure. The Calgary Central Library has ...

The new Calgary Central Library opened its doors to the public on November 1, a joint project between Snøhetta and Canadian studio DIALOG. The crystallized, aluminum-and-fritted-glass facade of the ...

Craig Dykers, a founding partner of Snøhetta, jokes that his firm and the Canadian practice Dialog won the competition for the New Central Library (NCL) in Calgary, Alberta, by “cheating.” Well, not ...

“Needless to say, we’re delighted by the enthusiastic response,” said Janet Hutchinson, Board Chair, Calgary Public Library. “It validates the importance and relevance of libraries in creating vibrant ...

The search is over: DIALOG and Snøhetta have been selected from a shortlist of four to design a new central library in the Canadian city of Calgary. Planned for a prime location adjacent to City Hall, ...