long campus library and research center. The L.B.J. library is monumental, with gently curved slabs bracing set-back façades that look a little like a drive-in movie’s screen. The interior will ...

since an inch-and-a half thick slab shaped in this way requires only one support for every 2500 square feet, far fewer than a flat surface would require. "Curved surfaces," Mr. Candela explains ...

The building draws on the dynamic local culture, history and architecture for inspiration. The curved concrete slab edges and the balconies reflect the imprint of the silos and appear as a series ...