Redmond Library/ The Miller Hull Partnership

Architects: The Miller Hull Partnership
, LLP Local Architect: Steele Associates
Location: 3,800 ft ² Year: 2025
Photography: Lara Swimmer
Contractor: Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company
Structural Engineering: KPFF Consulting Engineers
Civil Engineering: HWA
MEP Engineering: Interface Engineering
Landscape Designer: Walker Macy
Lighting: Blanca Lighting Style
Signs: Mayer Reed
Early Learning Environments: Plus and Greater Than
Acoustics: Tenor Engineering Group
Envelope: Morrison Hershfield (now Stantec)
ADA: Studio Pacifica
Products: Mass lumber, brick, glass, metal
Customer: Deschutes Town Library
City: Oregon
Country: United States

The Redmond Library in downtown Redmond, Oregon, designed by The Miller Hull Partnership in cooperation with Steele Associates, broadens the role of the modern public library as a flexible civic resource. Established through substantial community engagement, the two-story mass wood building more than doubles the size of the previous facility and presents a series of adaptable areas tailored to diverse users. The program includes children’s discovery environments, committed teen locations, collaborative meeting rooms, maker areas, and versatile co-working zones created to accommodate learning, imagination, and social interaction. The architecture integrates contextual recommendations with modern environmental strategies. A brick volume acknowledges the historical character of the surrounding downtown and nearby civic structures, while a glass and metal equivalent introduces openness, daylight, and views towards the landscape of Central Oregon. The all-electric center integrates a photovoltaic array created to satisfy the structure’s annual energy demand, establishing the library as a net-zero energy project. Exposed acoustic dowel-laminated lumber supplies warmth and structural clarity while addressing the acoustical requirements normal of library environments, contributing to a civic building created for long-lasting versatility and community engagement.

Redmond library / the miller hull partnership

Positioned in the center of downtown Redmond, the library is conceived as a civic living room that enhances the public life of the city. Rather than working entirely as a repository for books, the structure broadens the conventional role of the library by supporting social interaction, finding out, and creative production. Its architecture highlights openness and availability, allowing the building to operate as a shared area for a rapidly growing community in Central Oregon.

Redmond library / the miller hull partnership

< img width ="1600"height="1111"src="https://www.architecturelab.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Miller-Hull_Redmond-Library_3.jpg"alt= "Redmond library/ the miller hull collaboration "/ > The design emerged from years of public engagement with homeowners and community groups, making sure that the structure reacts straight to the needs of Redmond’s developing population. Families, seniors, unhoused people, LGBTQ + groups, Latinx community members, and arts supporters all contributed perspectives that formed the task’s program and spatial company. As an outcome, the library incorporates a diverse variety of spaces, consisting of a children’s discovery environment, committed teenager areas, versatile conference room, and maker facilities created to support both private learning and collective activity.

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Redmond Library/ The Miller Hull Collaboration 46 Architecturally, the structure balances historical connection with a modern civic identity. The northern part of the structure is defined by a brick volume that references the material character of Redmond’s historic downtown and nearby civic buildings.

Redmond library / the miller hull partnership On the other hand, the southern part opens toward Deschutes Avenue through a façade of glass and metal, allowing natural light to permeate deep into the interior while establishing visual connections with the surrounding landscape and mountain views. A broad roofing merges the composition and accommodates a photovoltaic array designed to supply the structure’s annual energy demand. Redmond Library/ The Miller Hull Collaboration 47 Redmond Library/ The Miller Hull Collaboration 48 Outdoor space plays a main role in the task’s civic presence. The structure is held up from the street to develop a generous public plaza and a covered deck that functions as an extension of the library’s interior activities. These areas host events, efficiencies, and community programs, permitting occasions such as story time sessions, maker fairs, and live music to take place in a flexible outside setting. Zoned areas within the porch assistance simultaneous activities, strengthening the building’s function as a multi-generational public gathering place.< img width ="1600 "height ="1066" src="// www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1600'%20height='1066'%20viewBox='0%200%201600%201066'%3E%3C/svg%3E"alt="Redmond library/ the miller hull partnership "data-src="https://www.architecturelab.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Miller-Hull_Redmond-Library_2.jpg"/ > Inside, exposed mass wood specifies the interior character of the library, appearing in columns, beams, and ceilings that bring heat and structural clearness to the areas. Using acoustic dowel-laminated timber enables the structural ceiling to remain noticeable while fulfilling the demanding acoustic requirements common of libraries. Environmental techniques even more reinforce the structure’s sustainability objectives, consisting of an all-electric system and reduced concrete use through lower-impact blends that decline worldwide warming potential. A main staircase links the 2 floors and forms the spatial heart of the structure, crowned by a suspended sculpture by Pacific Northwest artist John Grade influenced by the cellular structure of local sagebrush and the volcanic formations of the Newberry Caldera. Redmond library / the miller hull partnership