Zimmerman Library at University of New Mexico leans heavily into the Pueblo/Territorial style of architecture. Very different from the East Coast/Midwest ideal of library.
One really cool feature is the stairway going to the lower/basement level has actual fossils embedded into the wall which simulate the different geological layers of the surrounding area.
Not a college, although Exeter is often compared to one.
The Phillips Exeter Academy Library, by Louis Kahn. I’m always awestruck by its interior.
Suddenly I am watching an episode of Loki . . . .
The University of San Francisco’s intimate Del Santo Reading Room (I love the ceiling and light fixtures):
And for something completely different - California State University Channel Islands is located on the former Camarillo State Mental Hospital grounds. Broome Library was constructed by demolishing former intake and treatment facilities then wedging this modern glass structure between two remaining sections of the original Spanish Revival building, seen on each side:
This reminds me of one of my favorite libraries, the Graduate Theological Union Library, located on the hills north of U.C. Berkeley, also designed by Louis Kahn.
Chancellor Green Library, Princeton University’s first building designed to be a library in 1871 before the construction of Firestone Library
Interior, rotunda at ground level
Firestone Library
I love all those Moorish influences. Very cool.
I will not be adding any examples from Wisconsin. Their main library belongs on the brutal architecture not this one.
Michigan’s UnderGraduate LIbrary is referred to as “The UGLI” for good reason. It’s been renovated since my day, but it’s still underwhelming compared to many of those shared above.
My Day:
Today:
My daughter’s favorite place to study.
My oldest was jealous (no such Harry Potter place at her campus).
Not really remarkably different, but as S24 was submitting his Vassar application this evening (finally), I was playing around with their 3D map, and I thought this was also a cool shot of the library lobby:
I want to live in some of these libraries. The more medieval/ornate, the better.
If we are adding outside of US libraries, then Trinity College library in Dublin is my favorite.
