Laidlaw Library

The new undergraduate library is designed to provide 1,000 reader seats, flexible training rooms, a skills zone, community classrooms and café, plus flexible space for 6,800 linear metres of book stock.

The library is positioned within a Conservation Area, surrounded by listed buildings and will be the first city-fronting building the university has commissioned for over 30 years.

ThermoSpan designed and supplied extensive sections of the exterior glass facade; featuring structural bolted glazing, solar control, glass fins and beams, glass roofing and boxes.

Client: University of Leeds
Location: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Architect: ADP
Main Contractor: Shepherd Construction
Installer: NG Developments