The New Building
- A) General Information
- B) The New Building
- C) Technical Information
- D) Schedule Of The Building Process
- E) Costs (Including Taxes)
- F) Publications & Awards
- G) Plans & Photos
a architect(s)
- 18 Firm
- schmidt, hammer, lassen, http://shl.dk
- 19 Project Architect
- Stuart Hill
- 20 Type of project
- new building
b aims of the new building
- 21 Short description of the main objectives and purposes of the project
To co-locate our collections of historically significant books and archives with our modern collections in a new purpose-built 21st-century learning and research environment that is open to the wider public, as well as students and staff. To move out of two buildings that were no longer suitable, one built in the 1950’s, the other in the late 1960’s.
c special features
- 22 Site
- On the western perimeter of the main Old-Aberdeen campus: see http://www.abdn.ac.uk/maps/old-aberdeen.php
- 23 Architecture
Rectangular plan: steel, concrete and glass construction: glass curtain walling: BREEAM excellent award: fully accessible.
