Library Buildings around the World

Offices, Multi‐Media Classroom, Control Room, Telecommunications/Lecture Space, Conference Rooms, 6 Dean Suites,
Collaborative Work Areas and Faculty Support Spaces.
The new Center for Innovation provides Citrus College with a 34,156 square‐foot, 3‐story, high‐tech center for faculty development.
It contains a multi‐media center for the creation of teaching and research presentations by faculty. This facility includes 76 new
faculty offices with office space for part‐time instructors, scholars/artists‐in‐residence, and 6 suites for academic deans. Open spaces
are equipped with workstations at which a variety of on‐going, innovative projects may be created by collaborative teams of faculty
and students. The teleconferencing center holds 100 seats for the hosting of academic and community conferences. The facility also
houses the Distance Education, Study Abroad and Student Honors programs. (tBP)
Los Medanos College Learning Resource and Community Center, Pittsburg, CA – USA 2008
Awards:
2009 AWARD OF MERIT Community College Facilities Coalition (Los Medanos College Quadrangle Complex)
Client: Contra Costa Community College District, Services Provided: Master Planning, Programming, Design and Architecture
Project Location: Pittsburg, CA, Project Size: 55,935 sf, Completion Date: June 2008, Sustainability: Sustainable Design Features
Included Functions: Biology, Chemistry and Physical Sciences Laboratories and Classrooms, Large Tiered Lecture Hall, Computer
Laboratories, Faculty Offices and Astronomy Rooftop Observation Deck
The Science Building is one of three new buildings Los Medanos College has developed in the new College Quad. The Science
Building joins the new Library and Math Buildings. The architectural language of the new facilities reflects the original vocabulary
of modern design but also provides a contrast. The expression is one that is consistent with the College’s mission of projecting a
progressive and technology‐based image. The Science Building incorporates a flexible, state‐of‐the‐art laboratory environment for
the teaching of the Physical and Biological Sciences, which includes classrooms, one large tiered classroom, faculty offices and
rooftop observation deck for astronomy classes. (TBP)
Orange Coast College Library and Learning Resource Center, Costa Mesa, CA – USA 2007
Awards:
2008 AWARD OF HONOR Community College Facilities Coalition
Client: Coast Community College District, Services Provided: Programming, Design and Architecture, Project Location: Costa
Mesa, CA, Project Size: 87,000 sqf, Completion Date: December 2007, Sustainability: CHPS Guidelines, Functions: Computer
Carrels, Reading Areas, Bookstacks, Group Study Rooms, Reference, Media Center, Periodicals, Bibliographic Lab, Computer
Presentation Lab, Acquisition, Cataloging, Circulation, Archives and Bookstore.
The new two-story Library/LRC now serves Orange Coast College’s desire for a state of the art, digitally enhanced Learning
Resource Center set within the center of the academic campus. The new LRC provides a structurally safe accessible facility
replacing the now closed structurally unsafe library, It corrects deficiencies in the library function demand/capacity ratio, provides
needed space and program expansion, modernizes the digital delivery of instructional and research media, centralizes learning
resources within the academic core, and frees up campus space for the future consolidation of student services programs. (tBP)
Cypress College, Library and Learning Resource Center, Cypress, CA – USA 2006
Client: North Orange County Community College District, Services Provided: Programming, Design, Architecture and Interior
Design, Project Location: Cypress, CA, Project Size: 62,500 sf, Completion Date: April 2006, Sustainability: Sustainable Design
Features Included, Functions: LRC: Computer Commons, Distance Learning Center, Teaching Learning Center, Math/Science
Center, Foreign Language Center, Tutoring Rooms and Support Offices; Library: Central Stacks, Reading Areas, Study Rooms,
Computer Area and Orientation Room.
The Cypress College Library/Learning Resource Center is the new focal point to draw activities to the east end of the campus. 24
hour access / 7 days a week was a critical aspect to the design of the facility. The Library/LRC includes a central 2-story entry lobby
leading to the LRC – a central computer learning commons, surrounded by a math/science lab, a foreign language lab, a teachers
learning center, a distance learning lab and group study rooms. The LRC promotes interdisciplinary support on campus. The
library, with more limited access, is located on the second floor with central stacks, reading areas and study rooms taking full
advantage of the campus view. An orientation room is included, and a service elevator connects to the second level service areas.
(tBP)
Hartnell College Library and Resource Center, CA – USA 2006
68.000 sqf.
The 68,000 square foot state-of-the-art Library and Learning Resource Center is designed to meet the information and research
needs of students in the 21st century. Featuring a unique building design that is innovative, yet functional, flexible, and timeless, the
library is the hub of campus information and learning technologies. The two floor facility houses traditional college library resources
and services including Circulation Services, Reference Services, Technical Services, an Information Competency Center, and
Computer and Media Services. Also within the library are a Faculty and Staff Resource Center, 22 collaborative group study rooms
(11 with plasma screens and/or smart board technologies), a state-of-the-art Distance Learning & Video Conference Center, a
Community Room, campus Computer Equipment Services, AV Equipment Services, and a beautiful lobby/ atrium equipped with a
four plasma multimedia wall. ( http://www.hartnell.cc.ca.us/library/LIB8/intro.html )
Fullerton College Library and Resource Center, Fullerton, CA – USA 2005
68.000 sqf.
Awards:
2006 JURORS’ AWARD Community College Facility Coalition
2006 CONTEXTUAL INFILL AWARD The Fullerton Heritage
Client: North Orange County Community College District, Services Provided: Programming, Design, Architecture and Interior
Design, Project Location: Fullerton, CA, Project Size: 67,680 sf, Completion Date: September 2005, Sustainability: Sustainable
Design Features Included, Functions: Interdisciplinary Study and Tutorial Center, Math Lab, Skills Lab, Adaptive Computer Lab
and Instructional Development Center
The Fullerton College Library/LRC is a new facility designed to replace the college’s former library and to develop a comprehensive
Learning Resource Center. The facility is designed as a focal centerpiece to the historic 1930’s Work Projects Administration (WPA)
campus and is a tribute to the Hispano Mooresque style of the original campus architecture. The library portion of the facility fronts
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