Augusta-Richmond County Public Library

Address: Augusta, GA
Architect: Craig Gaulden Davis | Design Firm: Studio 3 Design Group
Size: 90,000 sf
Cost: $25M
Project Responsibility: Structural Engineering Design; Structural Construction Administration Services
Completed: 2010

The Augusta-Richmond County Public Library, part of the East Central Georgia Regional Library System, is a new three-story concrete frame structure located at Telfair Street and James Brown Boulevard in Augusta, Georgia. Effectively tripling the size of the previous library building, the new library is constructed of red brick and limestone and utilizes concrete shear walls and a shallow concrete foundation.