In pictures: Hawkins\Brown wins planning for £80m library four years after competition win

By Elizabeth Hopkirk2021-03-19T06:00:00

UoB University of Bristol Library_Lobby_©HawkinsBrown + SchmidtHammerLassen

Source: Hawkins Brown / Schmidt Hammer Lassen

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Hawkins Brown and Schmidt Hammer Lassen have won planning for a new library for Bristol University more than a year after submitting the plans to the city council.

The new university library (NUL) will occupy a hilltop site at the heart of the main campus, at the corner of Elton Road and Woodland Road.

It will contain around 2,000 new study seats and space for 420,000 books and 70,000 journals.

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