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November 12, 2026

Bend's new mass-timber library offers bookstore-style browsing and more

By EMMA LAPWORTH
A/E Editor

Photos by Kevin Scott [enlarge]
The library has a shingled facade that controls daylight and protects the interior from unwanted solar heat gain.

A new centerpiece library for Oregon's Deschutes Public Library system, the Central Library, opened in southeast Bend this May.


 
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