Bizzell Memorial Library: Blog 4, Tyra Jones

The Bizzell Memorial Library, also known as the Bizz, “is a five-story brick structure located at the University of Oklahoma in NormanOklahoma. It is an elaborate Collegiate Gothic or Cherokee Gothic building, designed by the architecture firm Layton Hicks & Forsyth and constructed in 1928 during the administration of OU’s fifth president, William Bennett Bizzell.”

-Wikipedia

I chose to share the Bizz because this building truly fascinates me. First, the sheer size of the building is intimating and feels accurately studious or thematic to the university. This could be because the buildings match the others in design or because this architecture style is heavily connotated with university culture.  

Great Reading Room

Although I do not spend at much time in the library as I wish I could, I love being in there. Each floor and new area feels like its own world. The library contributes to a different mood for each section and just has so much to see and do. Every time I visit, I discover something new to explore. It is a goal of mine to visit every floor and section before I graduate so I am very excited about that. It is a great place with multiple purposes; perfect picture background, study center, hang-out spot, etc. The library is one of my favorite places on campus. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizzell_Memorial_Library

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