Chicago's best architecture, urban design and historic preservation for the first half of 2011
Architecture Blair Kamin names Joe and Rika Mansueto Library as one of Midwest's exemplary designs
Mansueto Library creates new space for thought
Opening this week, the new library serves a “hybrid culture” of physical and digital holdings.
Susie Allen
Beneath this bubble, a book-storing marvel
Architect Helmut Jahn's ambitious design of the new Joe and Rika Mansueto Library praised as "convention-busting"
A look at the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library
Five stories underground, the library of the future is taking shape. When the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library opens in spring of 2011, it will be both an invaluable resource for scholars and an iconic building at the heart of campus. The glass dome will...
University of Chicago alumni give $25 million in support of new Library
The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library was designed by acclaimed architect Helmut Jahn and will have the capacity to house up to 3.5 million volumes of print material—setting the University of Chicago apart from peers who are moving books off-campus.
Julia Morse