Projects in Progress
Pardon our dust! The following projects are currently underway at The Huntington:
The Library/Art Building Project
The Library/Art Building (LAB) is a once-in-a-century project that will restore the historic public-facing wing of the 1919 Library exhibition halls—designed by architect Myron Hunt—and modernize back-of-house spaces for today. The Huntington remains open and active, with 130 acres of botanical gardens, art galleries, exhibitions and programs, and rare Library materials on view across the campus.
The LAB is an approximately 83,000-square-foot modernization. The project is designed to honor the building’s historic public-facing exhibition spaces while significantly improving the behind-the-scenes infrastructure that supports long-term collections stewardship and scholarship.
Scholars Grove Housing at The Huntington
The Huntington is developing Scholars Grove, a residential community designed to support visiting fellows conducting research in the institution’s renowned collections. This new housing will provide 33 residential units arranged in seven one- and two-story buildings, along with a commons building designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration.
The project will be built near the northern portion of The Huntington’s orange groves to the west of Allen Avenue and south of Orlando Road. These residences would be connected to The Huntington yet also accessed through an existing gate on Orlando Road, which was one of the original entry gates in the early 1900s.