Hawkins Brown submits £80m Bristol University library

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Architect worked with Schmidt Hammer Lassen

Hawkins Brown and Schmidt Hammer Lassen are awaiting planning approval for an £80m library designed for Bristol University.

Bristol council is expected to make its decision in late spring. 

The new facility will house the university’s “special collections” including a collection of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s sketchbooks and plans of his iconic Clifton suspension bridge in the west of the city.

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