Library Buildings around the World

MSKTD & Associates, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN, Indianapolis, IN – USA
http://www.msktd.com
Libraries:
Concordia Theological Seminary – Walther Library, Addition and Renovation, Fort Wayne, IN – USA on
design, 2009 groundbreaking
$ 8.000.000
The existing Walther Library, designed by Eero Saarinen (*20.08.1910 Kirkkonummi, Finland - + 01.09.1961 Ann Arbor, MI USA)
as part of the 1958, "New Campus", has received no major addition or renovation since its construction. The new addition and
existing building renovations are designed to extend and complement both the original Saarinen campus and library.
The building addition will provide a quieter and more reflective environment. Constructed along the shore of the existing Campus
lake, the addition will complement the Chapel which remains the campus focal point.
This $8,000,000 project will add 40,000 gsf to the existing Walther Library's current 15,000 gsf.
Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN – USA 2007
Design Architect :: Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects
At the center of Allen County's system, the Main Library in downtown Fort Wayne is one of the busiest in the nation; however, its
size was inadequate to handle the library's ever-increasing collections and demands for services. With the 127,000 s.f. addition and
240,000 s.f. renovation, the new building should accommodate growth for twenty years, and hopefully beyond.
In addition to allowing the main library to expand its open shelf capacity, some of the highlights of the completed project will
include:
A patron parking garage for 130 cars
Full accessibility to people with disabilities
More reader seating
Self-service checkout stations
New entrance on the west with drive-up access
New plaza at the east entrance
280-seat auditorium
An exhibit gallery
Library cafe
New flexible public meeting rooms
New lighting, data and telecom systems
Integrated HVAC system.
Children's Services area.
Construction started May 2004; facility will be turned over to the Owner December of 2006.
Indiana University, Southeast Library, New Albany, IN – USA 2005
74.600 sqf., $ 10.900.000
The new 75,000-square-foot library for the Indiana University—Southeast Campus enhances the learning experience for students by
providing a dramatic visual and campus-life focal point. Situated along a major pedestrian axis, the library has copper roofs, brick
walls and gray-tinted glass that harmonize with the existing campus architecture. The main entrance, with its limestone clad reading
room cantilevered above the vestibule and marked by a copper-clad cylinder lighting the entry rotunda beyond, sets this design
apart. The 24-hour student lounge/coffee area and computer classroom make the library an inviting student destination. Built into
the hillside, the four-story building’s main floor and entrance are at mid-level. Here, the dramatic top-lighted entrance
lobby/rotunda and adjacent monumental stair provide focus for the entire facility. Fully integrated into the building systems, robust
high-tech infrastructure supports all the technology required for study, research, information storage, collection access and retrieval.
These activities are complemented by the colorful and light-filled interior spaces, which provide wonderful vistas to the surrounding
countryside. Functionally, the main floor includes administration, circulation, reserves, reference collections, reading and study
areas. The floors above and below contain the bulk of the library’s circulating collection. The lowest level is dedicated to receiving,
storage and mechanical support. ( http://schooldesigns.com )
Manchester College, Funderburg Library, North Manchester, IN – USA 1999/2000
The original library had not changed since it was constructed in the 1960's. A complete interior renovation accommodates a new
listening center, computer center, reference areas, and all new finishes. The exterior was changed to add a plaza and new facade. All
handicapped accommodations were addressed. (MSKTD)
MS&R see Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle Ltd.
Murphy / Jahn, Chicago – USA
http://www.murphyjahn.com
Libraries:
Joe and Rika Mansueto Library. University of Chicago, IL – USA 2008 – 2010
In late September, the University of Chicago broke ground on a $42 million addition to its Regenstein Library. Designed by
Chicago’s Murphy/Jahn, it is not a wing, per se, but rather a bunker of books topped by a glass dome. In 2005, the university
commissioned Murphy/Jahn to design an addition to the Regenstein, a Walter Netsch–designed Brutalist work (compare with:
Northwestern University Main Library, 1970; Regenstein Music Library, 1977 ) that anchors this predominantly Gothic campus.
Although Netsch had created expansion plans for the five-story limestone building, those were nullified by a new dormitory,
designed by Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis, that took over the site Netsch had wanted. Architects Helmut Jahn and Scott Pratt sketched
various appendages for the Regenstein, but its self-contained form seemed to resist any attachments, says Pratt, principal architect
for the project. What they settled on was a solution that was as “as minimal as possible,” Pratt says. In the new facility, called the Joe
and Rika Mansueto Library, a 25,000-square-foot ground level will contain a 160-seat reading room and preservation operations, all
topped by an elliptical glass dome that reaches 36 feet at its apex. Books will be stored in a double-layered underground vault
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