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Slover Library (shoot 2) 

Photographer: Peter Aaron 

Architect/Designer: Newman Architects

Client: Newman Architects

Location: Norfolk, VA

Shoot Date: 
January 12, 2015 
Offering the most advanced technology, the 138,000 square foot Slover Library complex redefines how a public library is used, providing a civic space for creativity, collaboration, and research.
The project involved the restoration of the 115-year-old Seaboard building (formerly a customs house before becoming home to Norfolk’s main library in 2009), a new seven-story glass walled addition, and the renovation of an adjacent commercial building, the Selden Arcade. The Seaboard’s interior cortile, a central court surrounded by an arcade and a ring of enclosed rooms, is mirrored in the design of the glass addition. The western wall of the Seaboard has been opened to the new space, making its interior accessible to library patrons, while remaining visually connected to the outdoors through the new addition. The new Slover Library embodies the principal roles of the today’s library: as a storehouse for the region’s history and artifacts, as a portal to digital access, and as a community gathering place.
From the project’s inception, Newman Architects worked with New Haven-based sculptor, Kent Bloomer, to develop a system of ornament that is an integral, organic part of the architectural whole. Bloomer’s ornament amplifies three distinct points of the building: the ceiling of the Forum, the front entrance, and the third floor terrace of the loggia. (Newman Architects) 
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