Temporary use, conversion, and expansion characterize building award winners. (American Institute of Architects/ALA Library Buildings Awards)

A jury of three architects representing the American Institute of Architects and three librarians representing ALA has selected eight libraries as winners of 1993 AIA/ALA Library Buildings Awards. The winners include two innovative expansions, two expansions with major historical renovations, two new buildings, one "temporary" building, and one conversion of a two-room schoolhouse.

Ben Weese, FAIA, of Weese Langley Weese, in Chicago, chaired the jury for the 16th bi-annual Library Building Awards Program. The other jurors were: Carol Lee Anderson, State University of New York/ Albany; Lee B. Brawner, Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma City, Okla.;

Anders C. Dahlgren, Wisconsin Division for Library Services, Madison, Wis.; Robert Herman, AIA, Herman Stoller Coliver Architects, San Francisco, Calif.; and Mark Simon, FAIA, Centerbook Architects, Essex, Conn.

And the winners are...

Selected in January at AkA's Midwinter …