The University of Chicago

Overview

The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library is a 61,719 gross square foot new building addition to the University’s library facilities. The design features a storage facility and automated storage retrieval system capable of housing the equivalent of 3.5 million volumes in a 50-foot deep underground facility topped by an elliptical glass-domed structure. The facility ground floor houses collection service areas, a reading room, and Library preservation/conservation facilities. The Mansueto Library is being constructed to the west of the Joseph Regenstein Library along 57th Street and Ellis Avenue and will be connected to the Regenstein Library building by a bridge.

Renderings courtesy of Murphy/Jahn Architects; selected photographs courtesy of the University of Chicago Library

Related website: http://mansueto.lib.uchicago.edu/

Project Team

Project Manager: Mike Natarus
PM Assist: Cotter Consulting
Architect: Helmut Jahn, Murphy/Jahn Architects
Construction Manager: Barton Malow

Project contact: Mike Natarus, mnatarus@uchicago.edu

Project Updates

Past Milestones:

• December 2009: Basement floor completed
• April 2010: Ground floor concrete installed; dome scaffolding installed
• August 2010: Dome steel framing completed
• September 2010: Dome glass installation completed
• Winter 2011: Target for completion of underground Automated Storage Retrieval System installation
• Spring 2011: Building opens

Photos