University College Cork, Boole Library Expansion and Renovation

Cork, Ireland | 2008

This addition and renovation creates a new postgraduate research library while expanding and upgrading the Boole Library, Ireland's leading research institute. New space includes the 37,700 s.f. renovation of two floors of the existing building and a 64,600 s.f. addition. The project adds reading spaces while providing technology for all reader seats and accommodating the expansion of campus collections, including special collections and archives. The revitalized facility provides a consultation area for library staff, as well as group study rooms and instructional spaces. Built on the site of an ancient settlement, the Library's red sandstone exterior is a contemporary continuation of the settlement's stone wall.

Shepley Bulfinch was the design architect in association with Wilson Architecture.

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