Harvard University - Harry Elkins Widener Library
Date: February 1999 through August 2002
Architect: Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering P.C. (Boston)
Building: 300,000 gross square feet - 57 miles of book stacks - largest university library in the world - original 1915 footprint was maintained during renovations.
Project Details: Relocate approximately 3.5 million volumes between 10 stack levels to facilitate a phased renovation of the library. All materials were cleaned as they were moved.
Links:
Harvard Gazette: Widener Library renovations: On time, on budget