The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library / Mecanoo + Beyer Blinder Belle
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) is New York’s new central circulating library. Built within the 1914 shell and steel frame of the Mid-Manhattan Library which it replaces, the 16,722 m2 (180,000 sq. ft.) building is topped with a spectacular angular roof and public rooftop amenities to make a new urban icon on Fifth Avenue.
- architects: Beyer Blinder Belle
- architects: Mecanoo
- Location: 455 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, United States
- Project Year: 2021
- Photographs: John Bartelstone
- Photographs: Max Touhey
- Area: 16722.0 m2