The library, two stories tall and clad in glass and a handsome precast concrete, projects outward to the sidewalk, engaging passersby and echoing the scale of nearby buildings. Monolithic but not oppressive, its dark mass is in a visual dialogue with the brightly colored apartment block, whose recessed balconies are wrapped in hues right out of a Crayola crayon box. The design individualizes each apartment, so the resident can point to his or her balcony and say “That’s mine.” It’s a way of encouraging residents to feel like they live in an individualized home, not generic housing.