ARCHITECTS OF UCSC'S SCIENCE LIBRARY WIN PRESTIGIOUS DESIGN AWARD

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SANTA CRUZ, CA--The San Francisco-based architectural firm of Esherick Homsey Dodge & Davis has received an "honor award with distinction" in the 1994 awards program of the American Institute of Architects, California Council, for its design of the striking Science Library at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Just one other project received the honor award with distinction, the top prize in the statewide competition. Of the 220 entrants, 9 other architectural firms earned honor awards for their buildings, while 8 received merit awards.

"UCSC has a long tradition of excellent architecture, and the Science Library is a proud addition to our campus," says Frank Zwart, campus architect and assistant vice chancellor for physical planning and construction. "It does everything that a university building should, and more. It meets the functional demands of a contemporary library economically and efficiently; it knits together the campus's major science building complex with a simple terrace plaza; and it creates an elegant interior that invites a spectacular forest setting indoors."

The Science Library opened in 1991, reunifying the 230,000 volumes of the University Library's science collection and offering the latest methods of electronically retrieving bibliographic data. Construction costs for the 74,000-square-foot building totaled $13.5 million. The building nestles comfortably among towering redwood trees; zigs and zags in its walls and floor-to-ceiling windows give readers the illusion of sitting outside.

The library has won other kudos for its design and functionality. Previous awards include a 1993 Award of Excellence for Library Architecture from the American Institute of Architects and the American Library Association, and a 1994 CRSI Design Award from the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute. The S. J. Amoroso Construction Company of Foster City built the library.

Esherick Homsey Dodge & Davis has designed other buildings at UCSC, most notably Stevenson College and the Long Marine Laboratory, as well as the popular Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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