Renowned Architect to Design College Library
In a major coup for Ventura County’s emerging Cal State campus, world-renowned architect Norman Foster has been tapped to design its library and media center.
Foster is best known for designing a range of high-tech buildings, including a $1-billion bank headquarters in Hong Kong, the new Great Court for the British Museum and Hong Kong’s recently completed $20-billion airport.
Although no formal agreement has been brokered, the 64-year-old British architect is already drawing up designs for the 283,000-square-foot library complex, envisioned as a signature building for the campus under development at the former Camarillo State Hospital.
At this point, the university exists in name only. However, Foster’s collaboration would boost efforts to create a unique identity for the campus as it evolves over the next two years into a full-fledged, four-year institution.
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