Posted September 8, 2015

Philadelphia design committee praises new library plan

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The architectural plan for Temple University’s future library (rendering above) received glowing reviews from Philadelphia’s Civic Design Review Committee on Sept. 1.

The architectural plan for Temple University’s future library received glowing reviews from Philadelphia’s Civic Design Review Committee.

The design calls for a four-story, architecturally stunning, 215,000-square-foot space located at 13th Street and Polett Walk, in the center of Main Campus. Construction on the new building—which will also incorporate a variety of sustainable features—will begin in late 2015, with projected completion in late 2018.

Read more in this Philadelphia Inquirer story.

 

—Erica Brooke Fajge

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