Bostock Library and von der Heyden Pavilion
Architect: Shepley Bulfinch (Boston, MA)
The Perkins Library complex was built in three stages-in 1928, 1948, and 1968. By the late 1990s it was clear that it was time for the library to renew and grow again. A master plan for Perkins Library included a goal of redefining the research and learning environment of the University libraries by integrating library resources, services, and users in spaces commensurate with the nature and quality of the intellectual endeavors at the University. Sheply Bulfinch Architects out of Boston was hired for the master plan as well as interior renovations to the existing library, and the design of two new buildings: Bostock Library and the von der Heyden Pavilion, which were completed and opened to the public in 2005. Bostock added 125,000 square feet of library expansion, and the von der Heyden Pavilion provided a popular coffee house and social space for Perkins. The site design for the project included the West Campus Pedestrianway, which was coordinated with the design for Fitzpatrick Center.
