Skirkanich Hall in Philadelphia (exterior) Photo: Michael Moran
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects designed Skirkanich Hall at the University of Pennsylvania, which binds formerly disparate spaces by embracing the intimacy between the surrounding buildings of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
C.V. Starr East Asian Library in Berkeley, Calif. (interior) Photo: Michael Moran
At the C.V. Starr East Asian Library at the University of California-Berkeley, large windows fill study spaces with natural light. Cherrywood slats bring warmth and texture to a study area along a thick exposed aggregate concrete wall.
Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, Calif. (exterior) Photo: Michael Moran
Set into a sloping site, the Neurosciences Institute in La Jolla, Calif., preserves distant views of the Santa Rosa Mountains.