Worcester Library and History Centre, Worcester, Worcestershire
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| Worcester Library and History Centre | |
| Designer | Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios LLP, Bath, England, United Kingdom |
| Location | Worcester, England, United Kingdom |
| Date | to July 2011 |
| Building Type | Library |
| Climate | Mild Temperate |
| Context | Waterfront |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | University of Worcestershire and Worcester County Council |
| Cost | $79,219,968 |
| Area | 118,403 sq ft |
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"Feilden Clegg Bradley are appointed by Galliford Try to develop a bid proposal to RIBA stage D for this new facility for the University of Worcestershire and Worcester County Council. On a riverside site in Worcester city centre, this will be a highly sustainable 11,000m2 building with a unique three dimensional form."
"It provides an integrated academic and public library, the first purpose designed joint-use facility in the UK, which will serve both the University of Worcester and the general public. It also includes a county archive and local history centre and a local authority ‘Hub’ providing frontline services for local residents. The development also provides retail space and high quality public realm connecting key levels in the city centre."
"The gold shingled form draws inspiration from both the historic kilns of the Royal Worcester works and the undulating ridgeline of the Malvern Hills. The structure incorporates solid laminated timber roof cones, the forms of which have been generated to optimise day lighting and natural ventilation throughout the building. Water from the nearby River Severn is used to provide cooling."—FCB
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Project Description, FCB, viewed on 2009.1011 http://www.fcbstudios.com/projects.asp?s=10&ss=&proj=1411&r=4&i=3#
