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‘It feels like you’re in heaven’ in suburban private school’s new, kid-designed library

Kids’ ideas ranged from whimsical (light-up floor, treehouses, live sharks returning books to shelves) to practical (soft places to sit, bright colors all around, benches between shelves.)

Lower school students congregate at the soft oval reading area which is part of the new $1.5 million, A to Z Library and Learning Commons, at Germantown Academy. The New York-based architecture firm that designed it incorporated elements from students' designs.
Lower school students congregate at the soft oval reading area which is part of the new $1.5 million, A to Z Library and Learning Commons, at Germantown Academy. The New York-based architecture firm that designed it incorporated elements from students' designs.Read moreMICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer