Libraries and Archives
Filter Projects
Great libraries, like planets, exert a gravitational force. As attitudes to the cultivation of knowledge and consumption of information change, the challenge is to encourage user engagement at all levels. Our library buildings delight both scholars and casual users, underscored by our specialist knowledge of the techniques required to house and preserve archival material.
List of primary projects
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Lambeth Palace Library and Archive
An award-winning archive and public library for one of the world’s most important collections has a distinct civic presence and model for sustainable design.
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Museum of the Home
An award-winning, ecologically-minded design for a community-centric museum stems from a holistic redefinition of exhibition, storage and community spaces, all with no commensurate increase in energy use.
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St John’s College Library and Study Centre
A series of projects at the historic heart of St John’s College in Oxford provides a library, study centre and academic spaces situated between historic quadrangles and landscaped gardens.
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Magdalen College Library
An Oxford college Quad is transformed, by retrofitting a new library within the historic building fabric and out into the garden, providing a significant expansion of workspaces for future generations.
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The Spencer Building at Corpus Christi College Oxford
An exemplar of sustainability, the Passivhaus library expands study space, improves accessibility and safeguards a world-class collection with minimal energy use.
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Corpus Christi College Library
A retrofit solution for this library transforms a constrained historic site into a thoughtfully designed hub of student life at one of Cambridge’s oldest colleges.
