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Daily Illini, 27 October 1966 — Construction To Begin Soon [ARTICLE]
Daily Illini, 1 August 1967 Issue PDF (68.16 MB)
New Facilities Construction Continues
New Library , Krannert Head List • • .
By SALLY WAGNER Daily lllini Staff Writer In the past construction on campus has been directed towards housing ,
with the recent construction of Illinois Street Residence , the Florida and Pennsylvania Residences . But the more recent
projects have been educational facilities , thus expanding the University s resources as well . The new undergraduate
library will provide an extension of undergraduate study areas and stacks . The underground library , a $ 4 . 5 million
project , is slated for completion in September 1968 . The project is somewhat behind , how
ever , because of bad weather conditions requiring the contractor , McCarthy - Hathman Construction Co ., to spend extra
time pumping the water out of the hole . The upper level of the two-story building will house the card catalog , the
reference and periodical collection , a browsing collection , part of the general book collection , staff offices and a
listening center . The latter consists of a control room and 106 listening stations designed to make available to students
audio materials of all kinds as required to supplement course lectures or for recreational purposes . A microfilm reader
room accommodating 30 flanks the control room , separated from it in part by glass panels for visual supervision . The
lower level will house the major part of the general book collection , as well as the reserve books , and provides 18 typing
carrels . Copying machines will be available on both levels .
The surface area will be an attractively landscaped and lighted plaza providing bench-type seating for those who wish to
read outside in fair weather , and the central court is designed to serve a similar purpose . The two pavilions not only
provide cover for the stairways , elevators , dumbwaiter and certain needs of the mechanical system , but are designed to
heighten the esthetic effect of the plaza treatment . Ground recently has been broken for the $ 5 . 5 million project of the
psychology building , scheduled for completion in August 1969 . An
eight-story building , it will provide laboratory and classroom facilities . Half the space on each floor will be devoted to
teaching and research laboratories and the other half devoted to research laboratories . The Krannert . Center for the
Performing Arts , to be used to expand facilities for drama , the choruses , orchestras and bands of the UI , will be
completed in the early fall of 1968 . The $ 18 . 4 million center is the first facility to be built for the performing arts since
the Band Building was completeed in 1915 . The press box will be a $ 550 , 000 addition to Memorial Stadium , with
seating capacity for 330 persons from all the news media . Architect for the project is Holabird & Associates , Chicago ,
who also designed the Stadium .
Target date for the press box originally was set for Aug . 18 , 1967 , but had to be moved up to Sept . 15 , 1967 , because
of a steelworkers strike . It is likely the box will not be completeed on the Sept . 15 date because of a cement finishers
strike which has delayed all construction at least two weeks . The newly completed Materials Research Laboratory has
been occupied . Funding was received from the Atomic Energy Commission , Advanced Planning Research Agency and
UI Foundation grants . It is to be used as research facilities for graduates and faculty in physics , electrical engineering ,
metals , ceramics and chemical engineering . - Research is on solid materials in relation to atomic energy — how
these materials react . The lab will be directly connected to the atomic reactor . To protect workers from radioactivity the
building provides a 2-foot concrete and lead shielding . Part of the new Coordinated Sciences Building is occupied . This
$ 1 . 1 million project received its funds from the National Aeronautical Space Administration and University funds .
Completion date was scheduled for Aug . 1 , 1967 . The Civil Engineering Building also is substantially complete . This $
3 million project will provide additional research facilities and office space for the engineering department . Funding
came from the National Science Foundation , National Institute of Health and the Illinois Building Authority .
Much of the construction on campus depends on appropriations from the state . If enough of the requested appropriations
are granted we can look to a future of even more construction on the everexpanding campus .
Daily Illini, 11 October 1967 Issue PDF (10.84 MB)
Ul To Finish Construction
Of Four Campus Prefects • • •
By LEITH ADAMS Daily Illini Staff Writer Four campus projects now are under construction and are expected to reach
completion within the next two years . Most noticeable is the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts which will cover
two blocks and is scheduled to be completed by August 1968 . Construction on the project was ! relayed briefly this
summer when union members struck following an accident which injured three men . Workers returned to their jobs soon
, and union officials reported they have settled differences with the company and consider the incident closed . The center
will be an educational facility for students in the performing arts and will be composed of four separate auditoriums . A
concert hall will seat 2 , 220 , a drama auditorium 700 , a music auditorium 1 , 000 and an experimental theater 250 . In
addition , an outside seating capacity of 1 , 200 will be made available by the arrangement
of the buildings . Includes Underground Parking The center also will provide rehearsal areas for choruses , opera and
dramatic groups , two floors of classrooms , offices , workshops and parking space for 650 cars . The parking area also
will serve as faculty-staff underground parking . The actual project cost is $ 13 . 4 million , with five contracts awarded
for acoustics , mechanical equipment , heating , stage equipment and stage lighting . An additional $ 5 million was paid
for land and for utility extension such as steam , water and electricity . More than half of the $ 18 . 4 million was donated
by Mr . and Mrs . Herman C . Krannert of Indianaor olis who also contributed a . sizeable amout to the Krannert Art
Center . • - ¦ - - ¦ .. > The new undergraduate library is being built between the Library and Morrow Plots and is
expected to be completed by Sept . 15 , 1968 . The unusual aspect of this twostory building is that it will be built
completely underground . This underground structure was planned
so the open appearance of a major north-south mall would be kept and to prevent shading of the Morrow Plots , which
have provided valuable agricultural research data continuously since 1876 . Provision for future additions is made both on
the north and the south . The library will consist of two floors approximately 217 feet by 241 feet with a 72-foot square
central court . Seating will be provided for 1905 persons and shelving for 125 , 000 volumes , including approximately 10
, 000 reserve books . I The upper level will house the
card catalog , the reference and periodical collection , a browsing collection , part of the general book collection , staff
offices and a listening center . The listening center will consist of a control room and 106 listening stations designed to
make available to students audio materials of all kinds as required to supplement course lectures or for recreational
purposes . A microfilm reader room accommodating 30 will flank the control room , separated in part by glass panels for
visual supervision . The major part of the general
book collection will be housed , as on the lower level , as well as the reserve books . There also will be four separate
rooms on this level which can be used by the blind and their readers . Copying machines will be available on both levels .
Some of the electrical features of the library will include a public address system to be used for paging in case of
emergency , a chime system instead of the usual bell system for classes , fire alarm and smoke detection systems , and
strategically placed house phones for
the convenience of students seeking help from a staff member if one is not in the area . An amazing fact is that even
before being constructed . the building has won an award . On the basis of the architect s plans and model the library was
given a first honor award last summer in a program conducted by the Department of Health , Education and Welfare in
joint sponsorship with the American Institute of Architects . On the corner of Sixth and Dan
iel Streets , Champaign , an eight * story psychology building is being constructed . This air conditioned building will
house laboratories , departmental of f ices and 10 classrooms . The classrooms will be situated on the ground floor which
will extend beyond the north face of the building under a terrace . This terrace will contain trees and outdoor benches for
use during fair weather .
Daily Illini, 26 April 1968 — Strikes Plague C-U Area [ARTICLE]
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Daily Illini, 17 June 1968 Issue PDF (17.37 MB)
Install Pipes For Cooling
Installation of twin chilled-water lines connecting the University Library air conditioning center to the new Psychology
Building will begin today , George P . Porter , superintendent of utilities for the University , announced . Installation will
begin at the Psychology Building , going in the parkway south on the east side of Sixth Street to Chalmers Street and then
in the north parkway east to Wright Street and across it . Installation then will be eastward along the north face of Lincoln
Hall to the Broadwalk , and south along the east side of the walk to just south of the Auditorium : where the final stretch
will be installed east to the northwest corner of the new Undergraduate Library site . Work is to be completed by Sept . 15
. The lines will provide chilled water for general building air con * ditioning in the Psychology Building . The iron pipes
will be 12-16 inches in diameter in parallel lines buried about five feet deep . Contractor is George S . Walker Punching
and Heating Inc . of Decatur .