Library Buildings around the World

David Sprinkle & Associates, San Antonio, TX – USA
http://www.sprinkleco.com
Libraries:
Henry A. Guerra Jr. Branch Library, San Antonio, TX – USA 2003
Awards:
2006 TSA Design Award for Henry A. Guerra Library, Texas Society of Architects
2004 TSA Design Award for Henry A. Guerra Library, Texas Society of Architects
2004 AIA Merit Award for Henry A. Guerra Library, San Antonia Chapter
The design of this project was influenced by the nearby air force base with its industrial hanger buildings. The plan is separated into
two wings, one for the public reading areas, conference areas, a public meeting room and the children’s area. The other wing houses
staff areas and book storage. The building is oriented to maximize natural light, capture breezes and to better define an existing
green space to the north. The front plaza area welcomes patrons with a series of curved cast-in-place concrete walls for sitting and
reading. (Sprinkle)
SRG Partnership, Portland, OR – USA
http://www.srgpartnership.com
Lenn and Dixie Hannon Library, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR – USA 2005
The library and learning center improvement cost $23.5 million. Senator Hannon led the process to secure $20 million in state
bonding. He was assisted by many colleagues, in particular the local delegation including Senator Jason Atkinson, Representative
Alan Bates, Representative Rob Patridge, and former Representative Cherryl Walker. The University and its SOU Foundation are
raising $3.5 million in private support.
The Lenn and Dixie Hannon Library is scheduled to be completed in March 2005. It will increase the academic and public resources
of the only research library between Eugene and Chico. Almost doubling the size of the existing library, the addition will add much
needed space to store and expand publications. In addition, the technological advancements will create long-term value for the
community. By utilizing wired and wireless technology, spaces will be created for interactive teaching and learning on site and via
distance delivery. Advancements include two wired classrooms, a media center, an expanded Information Technology Center, and
study rooms with computer connections. (http://hanlib.sou.edu/about/hannon.html)
Valley Library (Main Library), Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR – USA 1999
with Sasaki Architects San Francisco
Awards:
Merit Award AIA, Northwest and Pacific Region
IIDA Citation Award, Portland Chapter
Hammurabi Award of Excellence, Masonry Institute of Oregon
Honor Award AIA Portland Chapter
Craftmanship Award AIA Portland Chapter
The Valley Library is the primary library of Oregon State University and is located at the school's main campus in Corvallis in the
U.S. state of Oregon. Established in 1887, the school built its first library building in 1918, what is now Kidder Hall. The current
building opened in 1963 as the William Jasper Kerr Library and was expanded and renamed in 1999 as The Valley Library. The
library is named for philanthropist F. Wayne Valley, who played football for Oregon State.
One of three libraries for Oregon State, The Valley Library stores more than 1.4 million volumes, 14,000 serials, and more than
500,000 maps and government documents. It is designated as a Federal Depository Library and is also a repository for state
documents. The six-story library building is of a contemporary, neoclassical style with a red-brick exterior highlighted by white
sections along the top and on part of the eastern side. The eastern side includes a white-faced rotunda that includes a two-story
atrium on the main floor. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Valley_Library)
Lewis D. Cannell Library, Clark College, Vancouver, CA – USA 1990
CLARK COLLEGE CANNELL LIBRARY VANCOUVER, WA
Architect GouldEvans
THE CHALLENGE To pull off a renovation of a two-story, 40,000 square foot library serving 16,000 commuting students (up from
7000) who arrive and stay and are always “on,” said Michelle Bagley, dean of libraries, e-learning, tutoring, and faculty
development. Oh, and bring together the library with e-learning, tutoring, and writing after a recent merger. With tight competition
for every inch of the first floor for PCs, staff, IT support, and printing, the second floor—with its shrinking collection footprint—
might yield to options. Needs? Group study rooms and quiet study areas, multimedia equipment, and a Kinko’s tech center on the
first floor.
THE BRAINSTORM Sparked by the Idea Kits created by GouldEvans, participants got busy. They suggested working with
movable walls, including powered collaboration walls, to build in flexibility. Dismantle the elongated service desk and replace it with
a reference kiosk in the center of the first floor. Check out laptops. Shift shelving to compact units. Perform an ethnographic study
to understand users—but avoid “analysis paralysis.” To the mix of ideas, GouldEvans’s Tony Rohr and Steve Clark (above, l.)
added zones of seating, phasing from quiet to social, with quiet near windows, and content creation rooms complete with green
screens and audio recording equipment. Among the missions met: fresh ideas for Bagley to take home.
(http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/05/buildings/lbd/design-institute-six-space-challenges-from-six-libraries-library-by-design)
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Steinberg Architects, San Francisco, CA – USA
http://www.steinbergarchitects.com
Libraries:
Golden West College, Learning Resource Center, Huntington Beach, CA – USA 2011
Cost $32,000,000, Size 55,000 sq. ft., Program computer labs, faculty & staff offices, library, media resource center, study areas
Services programming, design through construction, sustainable design, furniture selection & specification
Awards:
AIA Santa Clara Valley, Design Award Honor
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