This Library Addition is set into the side of a hill at the base of Comell's first Library Building. Located at a key pedestrian intersection in the historical center of the campus, this building replaces a truck dock and service road with a grass covered underground reading room. Wrapping the existing Library, the building's design is such that daylight and views are provided by a continuous clerestory on one side and by an expanse of glass cut into the hill on the other.