Mayoral Debate at Central Library Wednesday, October 1, 2025 6:30 p.m. Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall, Central Library ...

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, ...

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 ...

Eight candidates running to be Calgary's mayor debated and exchanged views at a packed public forum Wednesday night at the downtown central library. The CBC's Acton Clarkin was there, and has a recap.

“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 competition-winning New Central Library in Calgary is in the final design stages, after two years of community engagement on the part of design firms Snøhetta and DIALOG. The new library is ...

Central Memorial Park, looking westward at the 4th Street S.W. bandshell built in 1912 and demolished in 1928. Photo courtesy Local History Collection, Calgary Public Library. As the local history ...

East Village is one of Calgary’s oldest neighbourhoods. It sits in the east corner of downtown and has an incredibly vast ...

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, ...