University of Oklahoma Law Center Addition

LOCATION

Norman, Okla.

OWNER

University of Oklahoma

ARCHITECT

Glover Smith Bode

SERVICES PROVIDED

General Contracting

PROJECT DATA

• This 78,000-square-foot project consists of the renovation of an existing three-story building and the addition of a new two-story wing.
• The Chapman Great Reading Room has 50-foot tall cathedral ceilings, and floor to ceiling architectural window treatments at each end.
• The Great Reading Room is finished in meticulously crafted red oak.
• The facility includes a courtroom that seats 250 and is used to hold the Law Student's moot court cases, it also is used by the Oklahoma State Supreme Court and will handle actual Federal Court Dockets.
• The remainder of the building is used to house over 300,000 volumes of legal text and is considered by many "the leading legal research facility in Oklahoma".
• This project received awards for construction excellence from both the Associated Builders & Contractors and the Associated General Contractors.