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Architecture and Interior Design
Important Dates:
- Groundbreaking: April 15, 1999
- Opening day: August 14, 2000
- Grand Opening: September 24, 2000
Construction Facts:
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- Architect: Lohan Associates
- Builder: Leopardo Companies, Inc.
- Building Statistics:
- 82,000 sq. ft. plus a 4-story atrium
- 152' 4" wide
- 150' 8" deep
- 68' tall
- Exterior:
- Winner of a 2001 Illinois Indiana Masonry Council
Excellence in Masonry Award
- Norman bricks in Desert Ironspot
- Minnesota Kasota stone in Golden Buff
- Aluminum accent panels in Patina Copper
- Interior:
- 80% public area
- 14% offices and staff work areas
- 6% mechanical spaces
- Anegre and maple millwork
Library Plaza:
Atrium:
- 60' tall
- Hanging sculpture by Kristina Lucas and Michael Hayden of
Thinking Lightly
First Floor:
- Book return, checkout, and registration services
- 15" stone flooring in Malibu Beach in corridors and
enclosed walkway
- Service desks trimmed with Buxy French limestone
- Theater style meeting room A
- Friends' meeting rooms B & C
- Extended hours book drops in enclosed walkway
- Friends of the Library perpetual book sale
Second Floor:
- Color theme: Blue
- Administrative offices
- Conference room
- Youth Services information desk
- Storytime/Craft room
- Built-in aquarium
- Family restroom
- C Friendship boat
- Poet Tree Corner
- Mural by Robert Jessup
Third Floor:
- Color theme: Yellow
- Readers' Services information desk
- Rotary Heritage Room
- 2 study rooms
- Assistive technology
- High School study room
- Magazine & Newspaper reading area
- Mural by Pae White
- Companion piece to atrium sculpture, also by Kristina Lucas
and Michael Hayden of Thinking Lightly
Fourth Floor:
- Color theme: Red
- Reference Services information desk
- 3 study rooms
- Public computers and computer lab
- Terrace
- Wall sculpture by Fred Nagelbach
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