Green Libraries: George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

The projects featured in this section each exhibit interesting approaches to sustainability.

A balcony, designed as a quiet study area, surrounds the skylight in the Mollie Dodd Anderson Library at the George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Designed to be consistent with the simple Quaker aesthetic of its community, the library also anticipates earning LEED Gold certification, with features that include a vegetative roof, geothermal heating and cooling, and rain gardens.

Architect: Bowie Gridley

Photo: William Tenenbaum