Surrounded by soaring mountain views, the library features flexible, interactive work environments, individual and group study spaces, 24-hour access to the historic reading room, multimedia-equipped classrooms, a videoconference room, a recording studio, exhibition spaces, faculty offices, and a venue for events.
The building was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.
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In this adaptation of his architecture lecture “Chalices of Words and Light,” Micheal Lewis, the Faison-Pierson-Stoddard Professor of Art History, takes us on a visual tour of the four freestanding libraries on campus—including a new one set to open in the fall—that span two centuries of evolution at the college.
Scholar’s Rock
A recent gift to the college of a Zhan Wang sculpture will bring the ancient Chinese tradition of “scholar’s rocks” to the 21st century—and to Williams’ new library.