UCSD’s Biomedical Library Expansion by Pfeiffer Partners Opens

Pfeiffer Partners’ renovation and expansion of the Biomedical Library at the University of California, San Diego, now complete, includes a 41,000-square-foot addition that more than doubles the size of the existing library and incorporates a wide range of technologies and collaborative learning spaces to serve today’s students and scientists. The $17 million renovation and expansion of the nearly 40-year-old library renews the landmark structure, designed by Robert Evans Alexander in 1966, and provides a dynamic new environment for medical research and innovation in the 21st century. A key aspect of the facility’s design recognizes the major expansion of the campus over the years and plans for future medical school facilities to the south of the library. As such, the new building serves as a welcoming lantern for visitors to the school arriving on Gilman Drive and creates a new 24-hour promenade between the north and south precincts of the medical school. (Photo © Tim Griffith.)