Strategic interventions, such as a sculptural steel stair and double-height corridor, transform the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's disjointed Flaxman Library into a cohesive learning hub.
Three new residence halls and an academic center rise on a redwoods-cloaked California campus conceived by Charles Moore and William Turnbull Jr. in the 1960s.
Completed last year, the student hub features a food court, indoor and outdoor gathering spaces, and a library where magazines and popular fiction trump textbooks.