TEMPLE UNIVERSITY'S NEW CHARLES LIBRARY WITH ARCHITECT NATHAN MCCRAE
by The Design Advocacy Group
Tour what architecture critic Inga Saffron calls "Temple’s most compelling work of architecture in decades"
Photos courtesy of Betsy Manning, Temple University / designbloom.com
Wednesday, October 23, 4:30pm
Suggested Donation $20.00 to support Design Advocacy Group*
Architect Nathan McCrae of Snøhetta will lead the tour of this important new building on the Temple campus in North Philadelphia.
The state-of-the-art, 220,000-squre-foot library houses 2.5 million volumes, research, study and social spaces and “Bookbot,” an automated storage retrieval system.
Envisioned as Temple's most prominent structure on Polett Walk, the entrance to the new library will serve as a pedestrian gathering place with a transformational function and aesthetic. In addition to supporting its students, the building is intended to strengthen the university's civic presence and communicate Temple's connection and commitment to the city and community.
Meet in the lobby of the Charles Library at 1900 N. 13th Street.
Attendance is limited to 30 people.
*all donations are tax deductible gifts