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Charles Library at Temple University in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Cultural Facility Building, USA – design by Snøhetta Architects
Sep 19, 2019
Charles Library, Temple University
Design: Snøhetta, Architects
Location: 1801 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA

Charles Library is a world-class facility for Philadelphia?s only public university, the project marks a transformative moment not only for the Temple University but also for the city, and for academic libraries around the world.

The new Charles Library at Temple University has opened its doors for the start of the Fall 2019 semester. Sited at the intersection of two major pedestrian pathways, Polett Walk and Liacouras Walk, and at the nexus of Temple?s Main Campus, the project anchors a new social and academic heart for the university?s diverse student body of over 39,000.
Woven into the fabric of North Philadelphia, the Charles Library building sits just one block off of Broad Street, the connecting artery to the city. Within its dynamic urban context, Snøhetta?s design, developed in collaboration with Stantec, reinterprets the traditional typology of the research library as a repository for books, integrating the building with a diversity of collaborative and social learning spaces.
And in offering more than double the amount of study spaces than its 1960s predecessor, Paley Library, the 220,000-squ...