The Hive, is a large golden-coloured building in

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, which houses the fully integrated

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, City of Worcester public library, the

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's academic library,

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, the county Archive and Worcestershire Archaeology Service.

History

The Hive was procured under a private finance initiative programme and was built by

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at a cost of £60 million. The Hive's joint commissioning clients were the

and

. Funding was also provided by the National Lottery and the British government's

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and

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. It was opened to the public on 2 July 2012 and officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 12 July 2012.

Visitors

The library houses over a quarter of a million books. According to the Annual Public Library Statistics from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (

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), The Hive issued 903,859 books during the financial year 2013/14 and achieved 978,199 visits. This placed it in first position in the

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Awards

Awards include: *Best new-build project of the year in the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Building Performance Awards 2013 *Sustainable Project of the Year in the Building Awards 2013 *Outstanding Library Team - Times Higher Leadership and Management Award - June 2013 *Sustainable Project of the Year - Building Magazine - April 2013 *Civic Trust Award - March 2013 *Contribution to the local community through The Hive - Guardian University Award - February 2013 *New build project of the year (value above £5 million) - CIBSE - February 2013 *Building Excellence Award - South Worcestershire Building Control - 2012 *BREEAM Outstanding 86.4% - June 2012 *Best Sustainability in a Project- Public Private Partnership Awards - May 2012

References

External links

The Hive website

University of Worcester, Library Services

Architects : Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Engineers : Max Fordham
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History

Visitors

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