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The article discusses the architectural design of libraries in the U.S, including the D. H. Hill Jr. Library at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, designed by Lord Aeck Sargent, the Neilson Library at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, designed by Bialosky + Partners, Maya Lin Studio, Shepley Bulfinch, and the Baldwin Public Library in Birmingham, Michigan, designed by Luckenbach Ziegelman Gardner.

The article presents photographs and information for new and renovated libraries showcased in the journal's annual Library Design Showcase. It comments on the renovated John Hay Library at Brown University, Providence Rhode Island which was built in 1910. It talks about the repurposed Southeast Branch, Nashville Public Library in Antioch, Tennessee which has a makerspace with three-dimensional printer. It mentions the College of Law Library at Syracuse University in New York.

The article provides the views of interior designers on the ways in which library interior design is changing. Topics discussed include the views of Ruth Baleiko regarding the design of the Odegaard Undergraduate Library at the University of Washington, Seattle, the views of Lenda Sturdivant on the design of Midland Centennial Library in Midland, Texas, and the views of Lyn Rice on the design of the New York Public Library Hamilton Grange Teen Center in New York City.

The article reports on architectural renovations which were conducted on several U.S. Libraries. A discussion of the costs and sizes of the renovations, including renovations which were conducted at the Ketchikan Public Library in Ketchikan, Alaska, The Schaumberg Township District Library in Schaumberg Township, Illinois and the Beverly Hills Public Library's Children's Library in Beverly Hills, California, is presented.

The article presents highlights from the journal's 2013 Library Design Showcase collection of Library Building Awards, which features contemporary library architectural designs of note from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA). Buildings featured include the South Mountain Community Library of Phoenix, Arizona, the Anacostia Neighborhood Library of Washington, D.C., and the Oak Forest Neighborhood Library of Houston, Texas.