Building Data - Main Library

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