Carol M. Newman Library Renovation and Addition, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Venturi Scott Brown (design architect for this project, responsible for schematic design and design development)
1971
The firm's role ended in 1971 and the work was continued by Vosbeck Vosbeck Kendrick Redinger, a local architect responsible for construction documents and administration.




View of the front

This addition to the older "Gothic" library respects the context by using similar materials. See the bottom photograph on this page. The six-story curved form is not exactly symmetrical; the top at one end is slightly higher and fenestration is varied--tall narrow windows occupy several bays. (See middle photograph immediately below.)
 
 

Left: View of the front from the side; center: view of the side where the addition joins the earlier building




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