AKA: University of California, San Diego, Central Library, La Jolla, CA; University of California, San Diego, Main Library, La Jolla, CA

Structure Type: built works - public buildings - schools - university buildings

Designers: Pereira, William L. and Associates Planning and Architecture (firm); William Leonard Pereira (architect)

Dates: constructed 1965-1969

Exterior view of the Geisel Library, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2004; from Wikimedia Commons, photo by Four

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University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Campus, San Diego, CA 92161

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This unorthodox, stepped design is generally considered one of Pereira's most successful.

Planning and construction occurred from 06/1965-1969.

PCAD id: 1153

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Publications

Britton, James II, "Evaluation: Lantern-like Library Held Aloft on Concrete Fingers", AIA Journal, 66: 9, 30-35, 08/1977. Pereira, William L., Central Library University of California San Diego August 1969, 08/1969. Free, David, "UCSD Geisel Library honored", College and Research Libraries News, 69: 8, 438, 2008-09. Brand, Stewart, "Vinge's Singular Vision", Technology Review, 109: 3, 87, 07-08/2006.

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