University of Chicago to add new showpiece library

From American Libraries Direct

University of Chicago to add new showpiece library

A glass-domed, mostly underground library, to be built just west of the University of Chicago’s Joseph Regenstein Library, will have space for 3.5 million volumes, allowing the university to keep its entire collection on campus even as other top academic libraries are building off-site facilities to store books. Designed by Chicago architect Helmut Jahn, the new structure will sport an above-ground, naturally lit reading room surrounded by a glass dome with an energy-efficient coating....Chicago Tribune, May 12