This week we checked out a few of the buildings on campus that we haven't gotten around to yet. The first was the Main Library, pictured above. I've only been in the basement and passed through a couple times, so I had not seen much. There's three really cool features in the building. There are two massive, beautiful staircases inside. There's also a massive study room on the East side, with high ceilings and windows to give the building its height externally. Finally, there are the Main Stacks on the West side, which is a movie-like maze of shelves and books. It really is a cool building.
The other two buildings we checked out were the Foreign Languages Building and Smith Memorial Hall. The Foreign Languages Building has a very interesting, "upside-down-pyramid" look to it. Supposedly, it is supposed to be an upside-down Tower of Babel. It has a unique sense of unity inside, and aims to bring the cultures together with openness. Smith Memorial Hall is just South of that, and is probably best described as a "little Foellinger Hall". It's a lovely building with a large auditorium with a stage, but just not of the scale of Foellinger.
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