Emmanuel College, Cambridge

The College is embarking on a major renovation of the Library which is at the centre of the academic life of Emmanuel College.

The works comprise:

• Refurbishment of the Stokes building, enhancing the fine quality of its spaces, replacement of the brick cladding to the 1970s extension with a ‘wrapping’ of new construction to accommodate individual reader spaces and provide a much improved internal environment.
• Provision of 60 new reader spaces.
• A new entrance and reception area, directly linked to all the primary spaces in the building and forming a new heart to the Library.
• An extension into the Library garden providing exhibition and archive space and new access to the rare book rooms on the ground floor, a computer room on the first floor, a readers’ common room above and on the third floor a meeting room.
• Waterproofing of the basement and provision of rolling stacks for archive storage.

Client
Emmanuel College