PROJECT: Faculty of Divinity Library

LOCATION: University of Cambridge

DATE: 2000

Located on the top floor and mezzanine of the Faculty of Divinity the north facing double-height library has views over the mature college gardens, and is filled with light provided by the large central roof-light and vertical glazing.

The library's radial plan makes it easy for the user to navigate and easy for the librarian to supervise. This layout enables the 60,000 books and journals to be shelved in a simple linear sequence.

There are 49 reading spaces in the library; some tucked away quietly at the edge of the building beside a window, or more ostentatiously in the centre of the space under the clerestory.