New Independence Park Mail Library Building

Owner:​​​City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge
General Contractor:​Milton J. Womack, Inc.
Architect:​​The library Design Collaborative
Collaborating:Cockfield Jackson/Tipton Associated/PSA Dewberry
Completion Date:​Fall 2014

A project that has been underway for almost half a decade, the 43.5 million dollar new library has been through many design iterations and has had a high community involvement.  The new three story library will act as a centerpiece for the park, allowing for an intimate relation to nature and connection to the site.  The previous library building was demolished and the location now serves as a parking lot from which patrons will enter the 100,000-square-foot new library through a partially covered pedestrian quad called Thought Square, which will also provide access to an adjacent cyber café and botanical gardens on the north side of the park.  

Materials Used:​

• ​Brick​​​-​102,500 units St. Joe Dark Range
• ​Ground Face CMU​-​11,000 units Div 2-4
• ​Cast Stone​​-​200 lf Midwest Cast Stone 
• ​CMU​​​-​6,700 units Premier Concrete

7711 Goodwood Boulevard
Baton Rouge, La 70806