The Kathleen Clay Library opened September 10, 2004 named after a philanthropist who donated 2.5 million to Piedmont Land conservancy to protect Price Park. Teague, Freyaldenhoven and Freyaldenhoven (TFF) Architects ensured construction of the library to be environmentally conscious and minimized the impact on the park. This Library features natural cork flooring, carpet tiles made of recycled materials ply-bent wood chairs which is the most sustainable process of furniture making. The Greensboro city council contributed $250,000 to complete this project. The land that
the library is located was previously owned by Jefferson Pilot and was sited for the company club house. Kathleen Clay Edwards donated this land in honor of her grandparents Julian and Ethel Clay Price founders of Pilot Life Insurance. The Piedmont Land Conservancy now holds permanent easement rights on the park to ensure that the land is always used as a passive park. Out of all the libraries I have visited in my lifetime this one is the most serene peaceful and beautiful library. It is built with natural wood and brick almost giving it a cabin in the woods effect.
The library is rather small but large in the way the facility is ulitized. This is the first environmental library of it's kind in North Carolina and probably the country this I will have to research more. I have visited many different libraries throughout the country and many have much to offer in the way of books and tapes and magazines and documents. Different programs are offered to the public for adults and children which is universal to most libraries. Somehow this one is a little different in the way it is run. The library water supply comes from a cistern system outside the southern building wall. The maintenance program for the grounds has an irrigation system that automatically keeps the plants and trees watered. Plants were planted that could survive a drought. (More to follow later)
the library is located was previously owned by Jefferson Pilot and was sited for the company club house. Kathleen Clay Edwards donated this land in honor of her grandparents Julian and Ethel Clay Price founders of Pilot Life Insurance. The Piedmont Land Conservancy now holds permanent easement rights on the park to ensure that the land is always used as a passive park. Out of all the libraries I have visited in my lifetime this one is the most serene peaceful and beautiful library. It is built with natural wood and brick almost giving it a cabin in the woods effect.
The library is rather small but large in the way the facility is ulitized. This is the first environmental library of it's kind in North Carolina and probably the country this I will have to research more. I have visited many different libraries throughout the country and many have much to offer in the way of books and tapes and magazines and documents. Different programs are offered to the public for adults and children which is universal to most libraries. Somehow this one is a little different in the way it is run. The library water supply comes from a cistern system outside the southern building wall. The maintenance program for the grounds has an irrigation system that automatically keeps the plants and trees watered. Plants were planted that could survive a drought. (More to follow later)
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