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Rhodes College Paul Barret, Jr. Library

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Rhodes College Paul Barret Jr. Library
Location:  Memphis, Tennessee Architect:  Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company This state of the art library is 136,000 SF located in the center of Rhodes College Campus.  It is surrounded by 100 acres of landscaping and buildings.  Paul Barret, Jr. Library is a technology hub containing a theater, complete media production facilities, and a teaching and learning center.  The 3 and 4 story library is designed to incorporate many quiet study spaces, areas for computer access, media production, and open areas where students and professors may work together.  The entire library is a completely wireless environment. Concrete and steel were used to allow for heavy loads at the stack areas.  Reinforced concrete was included to aid in meeting the seismic...
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Renaissance Center & Parking Garage

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Location:  Memphis, Tennessee This 8 story plus partial basement, 190,000 SF office building was designed with composite steel, special moment frames and seismic design.  It is a Class A office building with a 3 story open lobby area.  The outside is adorned with reflective blue-green glass. The Parking Garage has 3 levels with spaces for 435 cars and is approximately 150,000 SF.  ...
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Memphis/Shelby County Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library

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Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
This $65 million library is built on a 12 acre urban site in Memphis.  This 330,000 SF library was constructed with a one-way pan joist system using concrete shear walls.  A monumental stair is the centerpiece of this beautiful public gathering space.  Along with the material collections and staff workplaces, the building provides public reading and meeting rooms, a bookstore, as well as a public radio and TV studio....
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