Library Buildings around the World

U.S. It is a secure temperature/humidity/dust/mold/gas-controlled 20,000 square foot facility including documents and rare books
from the 17th and early 20th century, photographs, and paintings.) (Woollen)
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Carnegie Library – Muncie Public Library, Muncie, IN – USA 2002
15,500 sqf.
The renovation of the Carnegie Library was part of a master plan process led by Woollen, Molzan and Partners that evaluated the
needs of the community and executed changes to meet those needs. To make this project financially feasible, Muncie Public Library
closed four existing facilities including three branch libraries and their technical support center, initiated creative management of its
tax income, and undertook a major private fund-raising campaign that was embraced by the community. The Carnegie Library was
the second phase of a two-phase master plan. The renovation of the Maring-Hunt Library was the first phase that allowed for the
Carnegie Library to be vacated and renovated. Carnegie Library is a very well portioned Neo-Classical building. It is an equal
combination of Greek and Roman Revivals, blended as a whole. The building exterior has a Greek Doric portico—above which is a
Roman Classical dome. Built in 1902, it has not undergone major renovation in fifty years. The Greek Revival Building has a grand
entrance and a large central art glass dome. The interior contains handsome green faux marble columns consisting of scagliola
plaster, a large fireplace, and other decorative features. Now complete, the library is fully accessible, provides updated technology
systems, and meets all current code requirements—in time for its centennial celebration. (Woollen)
Kinlaw Library & Kirkland Learning Resource Center, Asbury University, Wilmore, KY – USA 2001
75,312 sqf.
This new facility is located at the termination of a long brick pedestrian path—the main “spine” of the university—linking the
library with the chapel, main quad, housing, arts buildings, and gymnasium. The design is a three-story facility built into a hill, with
white columns respectfully complementing the existing University fabric. The Learning Resources Center, which is open extended
hours, is located on a lower level with a separate after-hours keycard access. The Center is a classroom facility that contains several
technology-driven classrooms with projection capability and audio/visual resources. Asbury’s Information Services Department is
located on this level to provide support to the 870 computer ports located throughout the building as well as the administrative and
academic computing needs of the entire campus. The main entrance to Kinlaw Library’s collections area is located on the second
level with stacks located in the center of the second and third level. The third floor includes a two-story conference/seminar room
featuring a massive oval table with seating for 44. This expansive space, housing sound and media equipment, is host to large group
meetings. (Woollen)
ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champain, IL –
USA 2001
Awards:
IAI – Award of Excellence Library Architecture
Woollen, Molzan and Partners served as the designer for this new multi-use facility that now enables the College of Agricultural,
Consumer and Environmental Sciences to unify its agriculture and home economics library collections (200,000 volumes), as well as
its information and computer services, into a centralized location. The Alumni Center and the Career Center—also housed within
this facility—each contain their own reception area, meeting rooms, offices, and support facilities. Both centers also contain extensive
computer network facilities. A key goal of the project was to create a unique architectural statement that enhances the visual unity of
the University’s South Campus. The uniquely shaped design of this facility achieved this goal. Because of its shape, it has
affectionately been termed the “jewel of the ACES campus” and it has been noted that it “will stand as an information and
architectural landmark on the University of Illinois campus.” Barton M. Clark, Associate University Librarian, said of this facility:
“The building needed to serve as a focal point for the College of ACES to bring together a disparate clutter of buildings. . .the
architects were marvelously successful. Great challenges and a greater success.” (Woollen)
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Harwell Goodwin Davis Library, Samford University, Birmingham, AL – USA 1998
109,700 sqf.
Although handsome from the exterior, the neo-Georgian building, originally constructed in 1956, had been the victim of numerous
ad-hoc interior modifications over the years. This had resulted in a cramped, low ceiling maze of small offices and partitions.
Woollen, Molzan and Partners (library programmer and designer) stripped the building back to its exterior walls and added back
functions carefully to maintain the refreshing openness of the new space. The three-story main stairwell was redesigned and made
more monumental, becoming a vertical reference point in the building, and tying together the old and new spaces. Included in the
renovation portion of the building is a new climate-controlled special collections complex for the University's religious, state and city
archives. The Special Collections Complex is expected to become a regional center producing microform for institutions across
Alabama. Construction of the second phase was completed in May, 1998. Davis furnishings include chairs, and solid cherry tables
and carrels, all custom-designed by WMP architects, as well as steel cantilever shelving, with custom-designed red gum end-panels.
(Woollen)
University Library – St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA – USA 1996
58,500 sqf.
Woollen, Molzan and Partners assisted the University in the design of this new main library that forms the end facade for the long
axis of the existing campus quadrangle. The square configuration allows the building to rest naturally among its neighbors and
creates a compact, efficient layout. The building was designed for future expansion. The three-story design has an open arcade on
the entry side that faces the quadrangle. Natural light is a key feature of the design—from the great skylight to the large windows.
The gable forms break the static quality of the plan and address the campus in a sympathetic manner. The library tower, which
encloses the main stair, serves as counterpoint to the entry tower of the University Chapel. The 268,000 volume library is fully
networked and the furniture, which was custom-designed by WMP, is fully wired to provide connections for laptops. Oversized floor
boxes accommodate future technology. The library also contains a climate-controlled special collection room, which contains a large
collection of Catholic archives. (Woollen)
Lucille Stewart Beeson Law Library – Samford University, Birmingham, AL – USA 1995
60,300 sqf.
The new Lucille Stewart Beeson Law Library at Samford University, judiciously enriched with classical details and traditional
materials, is sited to form a three-sided quadrangle with the Law School and Brooks Hall. The slope of the site allows the library to
expose a two-story face to the north, while turning its grander three-story facade to the new quadrangle. It is connected to the Law
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