https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1478 en-us Westlake Reed Leskosky raises the roof in its overhaul of a music building by Minoru Yamasaki. Visitors to Oberlin College in rural northern Ohio might be surprised by the caliber of architecture that graces its nearly 500-acre campus.

]]> 1411-oberlin-college-bibbins-hall-westlake-reed-leskosky.asp Sat, 15 Nov 2014 23:30:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7595-oberlin-college-bibbins-hall Oberlin College, Bibbins Hall Cutting open a section of the roof at one end of Minoru Yamasaki's three-story Bibbins Hall allowed Westlake Reed Leskosky to insert a glass-topped volume for musical performances within the building's original load-bearing precast-panel shell.   Photo by Kevin G. Reeves Oberlin College, Bibbins Hall After dark, the room's new clerestory functions as a lantern.   Photo by Kevin G. Reeves Oberlin College, Bibbins Hall Within the new performance space, a delicate veil of maple dowels visually reinforces the diagonals of the steel trusses supporting the raised roof.   Photo by Kevin G. Reeves Oberlin College, Bibbins Hall Two typical classrooms were combined to create the new performance space.   Photo by Kevin G. Reeves The renovation of Bibbins Hall includes the addition of display cases, within the new recital space and along corridors, to exhibit the conservatory’s large collection of musical memorabilia and Oberlin College, Bibbins HallWestlake Reed LeskoskyOberlin, OhioThe renovation of Bibbins Hall includes the addition of display cases, within the new recital space and along corridors, to exhibit the conservatory’s large collection of musical memorabilia and instruments.Photo by Kevin G. Reeves Oberlin College, Bibbins Hall Oberlin College, Bibbins HallWestlake Reed LeskoskyOberlin, OhioDrawing courtesy Westlake Reed Leskosky Oberlin College, Bibbins Hall Oberlin College, Bibbins HallWestlake Reed LeskoskyOberlin, OhioDrawing courtesy Westlake Reed Leskosky Oberlin College, Bibbins Hall Oberlin College, Bibbins HallWestlake Reed LeskoskyOberlin, OhioDrawing courtesy Westlake Reed Leskosky