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New University of Bristol Library Building
8 Feb 2020
New Library for the University of Bristol
Design: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects & HawkinsBrown
Location: Bristol, southwest England, UK

images courtesy of HawkinsBrown & Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Planning application for landmark new University of Bristol library is submitted
The University of Bristol has submitted a planning application for its landmark new library, which will transform the heart of its Clifton campus and provide an architecturally significant new building for the city, along with improved external public spaces.

The flagship building, on the corner of Elton Road and Woodland Road, has been designed by a collaborative team formed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen, HawkinsBrown and BuroHappold ? companies behind some of Europe’s top education and library projects. The library will welcome students, staff and Bristol?s wider community by opening up the University of Bristol?s world-class cultural collections, which includes the University?s Special Collections and the nationally renowned Theatre Collection. The ground floor will be fully open to the public and is designed to be accessible to all*.
The building will accommodate learning and research space, with capacity for around 2,000 new study seats, approximately 420,000 books and 70,000 journals and new study spaces. There will be exhibition g...