Building study: Lambeth Palace Library by Wright & Wright
Projects seldom come so freighted with history or as laden with expectation as Lambeth Palace Library, which was recently completed to stringent specifications, writes
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Lambeth Palace’s Wright & Wright-designed £23.5 million national library and archive for the Church of England has long been anticipated. Now due to open formally on a yet-to-be-announced date later this year, it was one of the AJ’s top 5 buildings to look out for in 2020. This is a flagship project for a practice which excels at institutional architecture and, in terms of time and budget, it is certainly a plum commission.