Campus Architecture Database: Jim Dan Hill Library

University of Wisconsin at Superior, Superior, Wis.

Building Type: Library

Construction Type: Renovation

Cost: $8-million

Square Footage: 70,350

Architect: River Architects

Contractor: Johnson-Wilson Constructors

Opened: 2009

Constructed in 1966, the Jim Dan Hill Library was essentially a masonry box with very limited daylight. The renovation project transformed it into a modern facility with additional windows and more room for students and faculty members. An open floor plan maximizes the number of spaces benefiting from views and daylight, and also creates new adjacencies and efficiencies for the library’s staff members.

(Photos: U. of Wisconsin at Superior)

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