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{{Short description|Iconic Library at the University of California, San Diego}}
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Pereira originally conceived of a mushroom-shaped, steel-framed building, but the projected construction and maintenance costs forced him to switch to a reinforced concrete structure. This change of material presented an opportunity for a more sculptural design, as well as opening up interior spaces that would have been bisected by steel trusses. Prior to construction, a 1/2-scale model of one of the outer columns was built and subjected to various tests.
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It was envisioned that future additions to the original building would form terraced levels around the tower base descending into the canyon. In keeping with the original master plan, these are "deliberately designed to be subordinated to the strong, geometrical form of the existing library".<ref name="test">[http://libraries.ucsd.edu/about/us/geisel-building.html Link text] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200755/https://libraries.ucsd.edu/about/us/geisel-building.html |date=2014-01-02 }}, additional text.</ref> Within its two subterranean levels are the other library sections as well as study spaces and computer labs. The building has been described by ''Architecture Daily'' as occupying "a fascinating nexus between [[Brutalist architecture|brutalism]] and [[Futurist architecture|futurism]]". Its tower rises 8 stories to a height of 110 ft (33.5 m). The five upper stories of the tower house collections, individual study space, and group study rooms.<ref name="adgeisel"/>
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* The 2010 film ''[[Kaboom (film)|Kaboom]]'' features a shot of the library.
* In 2012 the television program ''[[Adult Swim]]'' created a remake of the ''[[Simon & Simon]]'' shot featuring the library, starring [[Jon Hamm]], [[Adam Scott (actor)|Adam Scott]] and [[Jeff Probst]].
* Featured on the album cover of Circle's 2017 album ''Terminal'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/circle/terminal/|title=Terminal by Circle|website=rateyourmusic.com|access-date=24 April 2018}}</ref>{{deprecated
* In 2020 [[Alan Walker (music producer)|Alan Walker]] released his single ''Time'', a remix of [[Hans Zimmer]]'s ''Time'' from the movie ''[[Inception]]''. The library was featured on the cover. It has slight variations as it is black with red lights illuminating its outline, and a big Red Nexus logo in the center.
* In 2020 Donald Liang and Terry Feng released their album ''Library of Dreams'', a lofi album sonically recreating the 8 floors of the library. The library is featured on the cover.
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