University of Oklahoma Law Center Library
LOCATION
Norman, Okla.
OWNER
University of Oklahoma
ARCHITECT
Glover Smith Bode
SERVICES PROVIDED
General Contracting
PROJECT DATA
78,000 square feet
- This 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.
- Includes a courtroom that seats 250 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 Associated Builders & Contractors
and the Association of General Contractors.
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