Building Data - Main Library 

                        BUILDING DATA

          Ground Broken: August 9, 1966
          Building opened: January 19, 1970
          Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago
               Walter A. Netsch, John Hartmann
          Interior Designer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
               Robert D. Kleinschmidt
          Graphic Designer: Lindell Mabrey Designs,
               Chicago
          General Contractors: Pepper Construction Company,
               Chicago


SIZE
   Gross square feet: 398,000
   Net square feet (assignable area): 329,941
   Percentage of square feet assignable: 82.8%


CAPACITIES
   Total seating: 2,908 (Excludes Deering)
      Seating in assigned carrels and studies
         136 single studies                             136
          52 double studies                             104
         352 open carrels                               352
           8 group carrel rooms, average room seats 8    62
                                                total   654

      18 Seminar Rooms, 16 seats each (288 seats total)
      Forum Room: 80
      Student Lounge and Canteen: 85
      Faculty Lounge: 41

   Total shelving: 1,700,000 volumes (Excludes Deering)
      Each tower level: 120,000 volumes
      Reference: 70,000 volumes
      Core: 50,000 volumes
      Compact Storage: 342,400 volumes

EQUIPMENT CONTRACTORS AND MANUFACTURERS
   Bookstacks (bracket type): Estey Corp.
   Bookstacks (case type): Shelco Systems Corp.
   Card catalogs: Herman Miller, Inc.
   Desks and filing cabinets: Marshall Field & Co.
      (Steelcase, Inc.)
   Chairs: Atelier International, Ltd.
   Upholstered furniture: Lakeside Furniture Manufacturing
      Co.
   Carrels, conference tables and other wood furniture:
      Woodwork Corp. of America
   Carpeting: Thomas Moulding Floor Co., Inc.
   Booktrucks: Lorraine Jensen & Collins, Inc. (Sjostrom
      Co.)
   Map cases: Hendricksen & Co. (Singer Co., Corry Jamestown
      Division)
   Book conveyor: Conveyor Systems
   Audio equipment: Ferrari, Inc.
   Signs: Architectural Signing, Inc.


COSTS
   Total project cost: $12,321,906
      (includes equipment, book cleaning, moving,
       landscaping)
   Construction costs:                       $10,168,244.00
   Equipment costs:                            1,946,265.00
   Cost per square foot:                              31.00
   Shell cost per square foot:                        25.50
   Book cleaners, American Industrial
      Cleaning Company                            15,350.00
   Movers, Hallett and Sons:                      80,000.00
   Landscapers, Northwestern University
      Department of Building and Grounds:        112,047.00

last reviewed 8/14/07
pubserv@northwestern.edu