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Columbia University: Li Lu Law Library
Columbia University: Li Lu Law Library
431-435, West 16th Street, Manhattan, New York, NY, United States
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Columbia University: Li Lu Law Library
431-435, West 16th Street, Manhattan, New York, NY, United States
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2026
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
Perkins Eastman undertook a planning and preliminary design study to convert and renovate the existing Jerome Greene Hall, hired by Columbia Law School. The study produced a roadmap for re-programming the space within the library to feature a new entrance, a high ceiling reading room with adjustable seating and study groupings throughout the library. The new design is expressed in a timelessly modern, sustainable, and inclusive academic law library environment.
Within Jerome Greene Hall’s 1960s-era building, the new interiors pay respect to the building’s original architecture. The design highlights the double-height reading room, filled with natural light, that boasts views of the exterior landscape and Columbia’s main quad beyond.
The new areas offer possibilities for every type of student: an open reading room for a more social environment; group study tables on the fourth floor overlooking the reading room; intimate seminar and study rooms on the second floor, and even more private individual study carrels on every level. New stairs create inviting internal connections between each level.
One priority during this process was sustainability, the design achieved LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors. Natural materials such as marble, wood, terrazzo, and metals, along with low-VOC and recycled-content finishes, create a refreshing, inviting atmosphere in addition to allowing daylight to flow through the building since previous barriers such as tall book stacks have been removed.
The reading room glows like a lantern during the night, visible across Columbia’s main campus, a beacon of light and scholarship. The library’s sleek modern interiors give this luminous presence its architectural grounding, creating a bold new identity at the center of campus life.
Within Jerome Greene Hall’s 1960s-era building, the new interiors pay respect to the building’s original architecture. The design highlights the double-height reading room, filled with natural light, that boasts views of the exterior landscape and Columbia’s main quad beyond.
The new areas offer possibilities for every type of student: an open reading room for a more social environment; group study tables on the fourth floor overlooking the reading room; intimate seminar and study rooms on the second floor, and even more private individual study carrels on every level. New stairs create inviting internal connections between each level.
One priority during this process was sustainability, the design achieved LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors. Natural materials such as marble, wood, terrazzo, and metals, along with low-VOC and recycled-content finishes, create a refreshing, inviting atmosphere in addition to allowing daylight to flow through the building since previous barriers such as tall book stacks have been removed.
The reading room glows like a lantern during the night, visible across Columbia’s main campus, a beacon of light and scholarship. The library’s sleek modern interiors give this luminous presence its architectural grounding, creating a bold new identity at the center of campus life.
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