Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library
Identification
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library
San Jose Joint Library, MLK Library
206803
Map
Structure in general
high-rise building
steel
pile foundation
concrete
modernism
Usage
library
Facts
- This library was built through a unique collaboration between the City of San Jose and San Jose State University.
- The building has capacity for 2 million volumes.
- The Library is situated at the northwest corner of the San Jose State University campus.
- A large Redwood tree had to be cut down to make way for the new building, but the tree was milled into a veneer that was used to clad a set of columns inside the building.
- Largest library west of the Mississippi River to be built at one time, including the new Seattle Central Library and the new Minneapolis Central Library.
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More InformationLocation
150 East San Fernando Street
95112
San Jose State University
Technical Data
136.00 ft
8
1
2000
2003
5
2
$174,400,000
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Also recorded for this building:
Fire protection engineering, Facade designer, Elevator consultant, Landscape architect, Acoustics consultant, General contractor, Developer, MEP engineering, Light engineering, Structural engineering, Civil engineering, Facility management