The new library has won several design awards.

Albuquerque Business First reports that the ABC Library @ Central and Unser will receive the 2016 Jeff Harnar Award for Contemporary Architecture in New Mexico, an award hosted by the University of New Mexico. The project is the first new city library built in Albuquerque in 17 years, and was designed to be a community landmark, UNM says. The submitting architecture firm, RMKM Architecture, will receive a $10,000 prize.