[OBSOLETE:SEE RG 06/03/02E] Virginia Tech Architectural Drawings,

The library at Virgina Tech was established in 1872. It is one of four locations, with the three other branches being the Art + Architecture Library in Cowgill Hall, the Veterinary Medicine Library off of Duck Pond Drive, and the Northern Virginia Resource Service Center in Falls Curch, Va. The library has over 2 million physical volumes located within the four branches. There are a number of study spaces within the libraries.

he original Carol M. Newman Library was completed and opened in 1955 with $1 million donated by the Old Dominion Foundation, headed by Paul Mellon, and another $1 million approved by the Virginia General Assembly. Renovation and a six-story addition were completed in 1981. The lobby was renovated in 1999 to accommodate a coffee shop.

Six floors; 226,630 square feet.



Derring Hall contains offices, classrooms, and laboratory space for many of the science programs at Virginia Tech, such as biological sciences and geoscience. The Museum of Geosciences is also in the building.

Five floors plus a penthouse; 207,929 square feet.



Cowgill Hall houses the School of Architecture + Design administrative offices, as well as the College of Architecture and Urban Studies Dean’s offices. In addition, it provides space for faculty offices, classrooms, and undergraduate and graduate architecture studios.

The lobby of Cowgill Hall serves as the school’s principal exhibition space. Literature resources are also housed on the ground floor of Cowgill Hall in the Art and Architecture Library, a branch of the University’s Newman Library. Shop facilities, located adjacent to the building, provide woodworking and metalworking equipment; a ceramic workshop allows creative and analytical work with clay and plaster; a graphics workshop includes equipment for etching, embossing, and serigraphy; and there are five darkrooms plus film, video, and other photographic facilities.

Four floors plus a penthouse; 68,417 square feet.