RDHA’s revitalization of the Hazel McCallion Central Library is an @Architizer A+Awards Finalist!
You can help us become a Winner through Architizer’s Popular Choice Award. Vote for The Mississauga Central Library Transformation in the Architecture + Renovation category through the link in our bio. Voting closes on Friday, May 15, at 11:59pm PT.
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The original Mississauga Central Library featured a dark, compartmentalized layout with limited natural light. For the revitalization, one of our first moves was to reshape the original faceted, octagonal atria forms into smooth, cylindrical volumes.
Clad with perforated drywall to improve acoustics and painted bright white to reflect natural light, these new forms create a sense of openness. A dynamic LED mobile, Lightfall by Nathan Whitford, now hangs below the skylight, symbolizing the flow of information and adding an engaging focal point to the entry space.
Beneath the skylights, we suspended a cloud-like arrangement of industrial felt circles on aircraft cables to diffuse light, absorb sound, and soften the space. This overhead softness is anchored by the building’s new, streamlined organization over its five floors. Clear sightlines and a colour-coded floor system guide visitors through the newly coherent and connected layout.
Together, these elements make navigation intuitive while giving the library a fresh, vibrant visual identity.
Read more in “Hazel McCallion Central Library, an Inclusive Space for an Evolving Community,” in International Panorama 05: Architectures from Everywhere.
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We are thrilled to see our award-winning revitalization of the Hazel McCallion Central Library featured in International Panorama 05: Architectures from Everywhere!
Published by THE PLAN, the acclaimed Italian-based architecture and design magazine, this gorgeous hard-cover book features international architectural works that reflect the growing focus on reusing, repurposing and regenerating existing structures.
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Take a tour of the Hazel McCallion Central Library in Mississauga, Ontario, and see public architecture at its most inspired. With a deft touch, RDHA transforms the original octagonal atria into a soaring, skylit cylinder, crowned by a cloudlike canopy of felt that softens light and sound. Podcast studios, 3D-printing stations, and outreach spaces radiate outward, all culminating in a glass-enclosed, pink-carpeted reading room where community, creativity, and quiet reflection meet.
Read more about @mississaugalib and more community spaces at the link in bio.
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The classic-meets-contemporary appearance of Springdale Library helps to establish a sense of familiarity, anchoring the site with its integrated greenery and sleek, reflective aluminum curtain wall.
Winner of a 2025 Interior Design Best of the Best Award.
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The porous circulation of Springdale and its landscape allow the public to weave through layers of the building, creating a fluid connection between inside and out.
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At Springdale Library, the connections between the floor-to-ceiling windows and the steel, tubular columns appear seamless and effortless, defining the library’s contemporary silhouette.
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A green moss-like carpet adjacent to the reflecting pool at Springdale Library blurs the boundaries between inside and outside.
Based on the sun’s position, the custom window frit pattern shifts from white to dark gray, visually merging with a series of stainless steel rods that add an additional layer of solar resistance.
Winner of a 2025 Interior Design Best of the Best Award.
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Pint-sized versions of the furniture at Springdale keep the area connected thematically to the rest of the library while establishing that even though this is the children’s section, it doesn’t have to be designed differently.
Springdale Library and Komagata Maru Park is the Winner of a 2025 Interior Design Best of the Best Award.
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In the children’s area of Springdale Library, natural light floods in through an inverse skylight. The topographic ceiling descension creates an otherworldly atmosphere.
Winner of a 2025 Interior Design Best of the Best Award.
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Springdale’s topography creates new spatial experiences in a flat suburban setting, forging a seamless relationship between architecture and nature.
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Completed in 2018, the LEED Gold Certified library blurs the line between inside and out. Its mountainous, undulating green roof extends the surrounding landscape up and over the building.
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