UC Berkeley C.V. Starr East Asian Library
Berkeley, California

The new 68,000 square foot East Asian Library is the first phase in the development of the Tien Center for East Asian Studies, which will ultimately serve the East Asian studies at Berkeley in three buildings—the library, the Institute of East Asian Studies and the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. The library houses Japanese, Chinese and Korean collections that rank among the top four academic library collections in the nation. The award-winning library is a $46 million, three-story concrete building surfaced with bronze decorative screens that weigh one ton each. R&C provided structural engineering services to the world-renowned architectural team, Tod Williams Billie Tsien.

Architect: Tod Williams Billie Tsien