Library at Phillips Exeter Academy
Architect: Louis Kahn Location: Exeter, New Hampshire Project Years: 1965-1972 Stories: 9 (height: 85.5 ft) Area: 12,321.0 ft2 (111’ x 111’) Gross Footage: 88, 984 ft2 Usable Space: 73,254 ft2 Interesting Detail 1 • Planning and design of library took 15 years: constantly disappointed with the proposals The Academy wanted a specific building made: Exterior: brick to match to match the rest of the school of Georgian building Interior: studying atmosphere • Building materials used: Exterior: bricks made in Exeter Interior: stone, slate and wood • Holds 250,000 volumes of rare books, periodicals, general collection • Has 450 different seating arrangements • November 16, 1971: classes was suspended for the day and students, faculty and staff helped move books Students were moving books faster than faculty and staff could shelve them, and the mathematics professors help solved the problems with estimating abilities
Part I Project Data Jessica Ho
Northeastern University ARCH 6200 - Spring 2017 1 http://webqa.exeter.edu/libraries/553_4209.aspx