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Article from issue 5/2005 »Refurbishment«

Faculty Library in Zurich

documentation    p. 495 - 499
Architect Calatrava, Santiago | Structural Engineer Calatrava, Santiago |

The new Law Faculty library in the University of Zurich is supported by steel columns and erected within an existing courtyard of a building constructed in 1908. Elliptical galleries accommodating reading spaces encircle the atrium space of the library which extends upward through six levels and is covered by a glass dome measuring 712 m².

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