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 was constructed to the west of the Joseph Regenstein Library along 57th Street and Ellis Avenue and is connected to the Regenstein Library building by a bridge.
Renderings courtesy of Murphy/Jahn Architects; selected photographs courtesy of the University of Chicago Library
Project Team
- Project Manager: Mike Natarus
- Assistant Project Manager: Cotter Consulting
- Architect: Helmut Jahn, Murphy/Jahn Architects
- Construction Manager: Barton Malow
Milestones
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: Completion of underground Automated Storage Retrieval System installation.
- Spring 2011: Building opened.
Photos
Exterior view.
Exterior view.
Exterior view.
Exterior view.
Exterior view.
Exterior view.
Exterior view.
Exterior view.
Tunnel connecting Mansueto to Regenstein.
Book storage area and retrieval system.
Book storage.
Book retrieval system.
Reading room.
Reading room.
Reading room.
Reading room.
Conservation area