University of Georgia - Special Collections Library
Athens, GA
- 117,000 sq ft
- $44 million
- 4 stories
- Completed in 2012
Structural Features
- This unique library houses three separate special collections: the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Collection, the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, and the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Award Collections.
- Each special collections library has its own gallery to display permanent and rotating exhibits.
- The facility includes a shared subterranean vault for high density storage, for which special waterproofing and floor flatness measures were implemented.