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AKA: Seattle University, Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Common, First Hill, Seattle, WA
Structure Type: built works - public buildings - schools - university buildings; built works - social and civic buildings - libraries
Designers: Mortenson, M.A., Construction Company (firm); Pfeiffer Partners, Architects (firm); Morton A. Mortenson Sr. (building contractor); Morton A. Mortenson Jr. (building contractor/civil engineer)
Dates: constructed 1966
6 stories, total floor area: 125,000 sq. ft.
A wholesale renovation occurred at Seattle University's main library in 2008-2010. The renovated space opened in 09/2010. The renovation cost $55 million and resulted in the creation of the "Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Common." The library's new restaurant, Byte Cafe, located in the lobby, operated on a 24-hour basis. Pfeiffer Architects of Los Angeles, CA, increased the square footage of the building to 125,000 square feet from a previous 90,000 square feet. Mortenson Construction served as the Building Contractor. Norman Pfeiffer of Pfeiffer Architects graduated from the University of Washington Department of Architecture as an undergraduate in 1964.
PCAD id: 15419
