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Alcuin Library, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota

Designed by famed Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer in 1965, Alcuin Library is an architectural landmark. But it needed a modern overhaul. CSNA Architects’ renovation transformed it from a dark, dense, collection-centered facility, to one that embraces openness and space for campus use while still maintaining the integrity of Breuer’s original design.

Project: Renovation and expansion
Architect: CSNA Architects
Size: 80,547 square feet
Cost: $21 million
Photo: Fred Fuhrmeister