The Project is a design competition winning entry for a new library and archive housing the College's unique collection which includes medieval manuscripts, papers from the Bloomsbury Group and the 4,500 volume Skilliter Collection for Ottoman Studies.

The new library is sited within the heart of the original College designed by Basil Champneys. The collection of buildings, which date from the 1870s to 1910, are informally arranged around Newnham's extensive gardens. The new architecture reflects existing College character in its' scale and materials. Connections are made to both the Grade II* Listed Champneys library and the Katherine Stephen Rare Books Room. As with the Champneys Library, the new building make extensive use of natural light.

The building is designed to perform low energy criteria with a super insulated building envelope of airtight construction and low pressure mechanical ventilation.

Computer facilities are provided throughout the library.

The project begins on site on the 3rd July 2001 and is planned for completion in February 2003.

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Exhibitions

• Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2001