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re: First Look: LSU's new library

Posted on 9/27/24 at 2:59 pm to
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
82735 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 2:59 pm to
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If they don’t name the new one Middleton the entire surviving lineage needs to show up to pee on the front wall.


let me know if Kate will be there
Posted by ibldprplgld
Member since Feb 2008
26064 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:01 pm to
Neither look great, but I prefer B.
Posted by TJack
BR
Member since Dec 2018
3059 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:01 pm to
Real question is which one has the hole in the stall in the 3rd floor bathroom.
Posted by SpqrTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2004
9473 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:02 pm to
quote:

As long as it did its job, which is to store books and give students a place to study, why was a new one needed?


That's kind of the problem. The library can't actually store books or give students a place to study because it's falling apart.

Any roof would be an improvement over the current roof if it is pitched and water can run off of it. So I will take A or B.

There's a lot of bullshite buildings at LSU... but a new library is actually needed. That's a GREAT thing for campus.
Posted by Roberteaux
mandeville
Member since Sep 2009
6110 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:02 pm to
It looks like they're thinking big. I know many will bitch about the design but it looks modern and a very substantial project. LSU needs this
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
82735 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:02 pm to
quote:

a new library is actually needed. That's a GREAT thing for campus.


LSU had a library?
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
132617 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:03 pm to
I voted to go back to the drawing board. Most of the architecture on the LSU campus is Italian Renaissance. Stick with that theme. Italian Renaissance is an excellent statement for an inspirational learning environment. I'm not a fan of architecture with brutalist leanings at all.
Posted by Swamp Angel
Somewhere on a river
Member since Jul 2004
8819 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:03 pm to
Looks like they'll be taking out the Business & Tech Ctr, the Industrial Ed Shop, and the Vet Science Poultry Bldg to have the space for this one next to Tureaud Hall. On the bright side, it'll look a ton better than Tureaud does.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
50349 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:04 pm to
both look like they will have roof leak problems, not much different then the current one
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
56728 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:05 pm to
People don’t realize that we’re also getting to vote on the name


A stands for Alton sterling and b stands for Biden
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
132617 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:07 pm to
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Neither look great, but I prefer B.


Right.

Neither look great. Might as well be the IRS building.
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:07 pm to
Which one will hold the most coloring books?
Posted by back9Tiger
Mandeville, LA.
Member since Nov 2005
16195 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:07 pm to
And MSU has some glorious campus. Go pound sand.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
132617 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:07 pm to
quote:

A stands for Alton sterling and b stands for Biden
Posted by Thecoz
Member since Dec 2018
3371 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:07 pm to
Pretty sure they will move this to where op stated.. they will then convert the present library back to green space like it was before they put Middleton.. look at it from above and you can see the original quad.. was under the impression it will be set up for more modern electronics than just old books and paper.
Posted by back9Tiger
Mandeville, LA.
Member since Nov 2005
16195 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:07 pm to
quote:

Which one will hold the most coloring books?


The one in Tuscaloser.
This post was edited on 9/27/24 at 3:12 pm
Posted by Thecoz
Member since Dec 2018
3371 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:09 pm to
Fwiw if you want to see a nice old school library walk through hill memorial library on Exxon square in the quad.. it also has a lot of historic stuff and maps on display.. it is very cool..
Posted by skiboman1
Cody, Wyoming
Member since Oct 2007
460 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:10 pm to
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quote: Did you go to LSU? Where do we start?


I was there ~2000 and it needed some TLC then.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
79551 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:10 pm to
It's B and it's not close
Posted by GeauxOn
Texas
Member since Mar 2014
284 posts
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:12 pm to
Also not a fan of either option, but from the two options I'd elect B. Seems as if these designs are trying to tie in the modern architectures of PFT and the BEC to the quads renaissance architecture.
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