[KieranTimberlake - Folger Shakespeare Library - COVER IMG] The renewal and expansion of the Folger Shakespeare Library reveals a previously hidden world, now accessible to all. © Alan Karchmer/OTTO
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Folger Shakespeare Library

Firm LocationPhiladelphia, United States
Project locationWashington, D.C., United States
CompanyKieranTimberlake
ClientFolger Shakespeare Library
Projecthttps://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16913-kierantimberlake-transforms-dcs-folger-shakespeare-library
Project Videohttps://youtu.be/lcpuWGtjRU8?

The renewal and expansion of the Folger Shakespeare Library is the result of more than 10 years of planning to make the institution a more inclusive, experiential, and welcoming place. Built in 1932 and designed by Paul Cret, the breadth and difficulty of expanding the new program beneath a building on the National Register of Historic Places cannot be understated. Located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the below-grade addition is entered through memorial gardens, guiding the visitor from the city into a previously hidden world, now revealed and accessible to all.