This project for the University of Liverpool created an expanded and modernised library by refurbishing two existing buildings and linking the two together with a new extension and a new landscaped plaza.  The two existing buildings are both notable examples of 20th century architecture: the original Sydney Jones Library by Basil Spence (1974) and the adjacent Senate House by Tom Mellor (1968).  This was a wonderfully complex project from a technical and project management point of view, involving multiple phases of work, asbestos removals, strengthening the existing structure, multiple library stock relocations and new landscaping, all with the library kept in use throughout.  I was fully involved, first as Project Associate and then as Project Director from concept design stages to completion of final handovers in 2009.
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