The information desk has a wall of plasma screens that display the activity in the collection in real time.

partial view of main floor space

Another view of the stairway between the main reading room and the conference/meeting floor.

main reading room escalator

stair from Conference level to main reading room

vent in one of the removable floor panels.

Antother view across the lecture area set into the main floor.

Detail of the industrial strength carpeting.

Looking up at the top skylight wall from the highest level of the book stack spiral.

conference floor overlook to main floor

Looking up at the top skylight wall from the highest level of the book stack spiral.

looking down toward the east through the sloping steel grid

Conference level, hallway

A facade of the recently completed CCTV tower stands in stark contrast to the fire-ravaged frame of the [equally new] TVCC building standing behind. The two were set to open together as part of the same complex this year until a fireworks snafu during the Lantern Festival ended up torching the TVCC building on February 9, 2009.

On black.

For a little more about the fire: www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/world/asia/10beijing.html

These escalators lead down to the children's floor from the main level.

looking across the atrium

Campus Center, IIT, Chicago

The steel grid structure is reinforced to cover longer spans by doubling the steel channels and adding a sloping steel column.

looking into the staff area on the top floor

Super-crisp detailing of the map storage drawers.

Top Floor! Everybody off!

The skylight over the atrium. Light enters the building in every way possible and this is only one that looks normal.

Illinois Institute of Technology

Antother type of A/C outlet

A closeup of the observation platform from below.

Some of the special collections are restricted access.

At the top of the building, a giant skylight on steroids.

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Illinois Institute of Technology

view out one of the reinforced windows looking west

Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology

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