Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
67,000 sf renovation, 24,000 sf addition
Completed in 2000

The Whitman College Penrose Memorial Library expansion and renovation in Walla Walla, Washington is a 67,000 sf renovation and 24,000 sf addition that creates an open and inviting facade to Ankeny Field, an increase in student seating and access to technology and allows for growth of the collections.

The new addition has large expanses of glass opening onto Ankeny Field. The new entrance aligns with a path that runs along the south side of the field. A large reading room, looking out to Memorial Hall, sits to the south of the entrance. The south end of the addition is built of brick with a palette of materials that compliment Memorial Hall and other historic buildings on the campus. The Penrose Library received a 2003 AIA Portland Chapter Merit Award.