Campus Architecture Database: Library and Community Resource Center

Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio

Building Type: Library

Construction Type: New

Cost: $22-million

Square Footage: 86,000

Architect: Sasaki Associates Inc.; Osborn Engineering

Contractor: Gilbane Building Company

Opened: 2008

The building is not only a library and classroom building for the college, but also a branch of the Elyria, Ohio, public library. These multiple functions meet in large, open spaces across three levels. A glass curtain wall fronts on a new outdoor plaza and frames a grand circular stairway; a second-floor bridge links the building to the rest of the campus and features a coffee bar, encouraging socializing among students and the larger community.

(Photo: Sasaki Associates Inc.)

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