£60m University library upgrade

A video report on the £60m redevelopment of the University of Edinburgh's Grade A-listed library building. Focusing on the study spaces, the café and the Special Collections area.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• library
• upgrade
• redevelopment
• basil spence
• 1960's
• architecture
• edinburgh
• university

[S0chan]

That's incredibly amazing.

It pains me that I will never see something as incredible as this in my country.

Keep up the good work, you are showing the way for the rest of the world.

[DrShrinkus]

Wow, I might actually have used the place if it had looked like this when I was there. I remember cold, miserable concrete and disgusting coffee.... Hmmm....I think I still have a fine to pay.

[meeimaria]

i wanna get into the university of edinburgh so bad!

[thegreeensky]

that libraby looks fantastic..

[felpaluche]

More books, better facilities, improved knowledge acquisition

[Katoto400228]

£60m and yet, the designer of the "accessible study rooms" didn't manage to put the lights in the ceiling in a friendlier way, for a computer user. In other words, they're too annoying when watching the computer monitors:

1) too bright

2) too close to user's eyes (i.e. they're directly visible while starring at the monitors!!)

They're ok for studying though...