“ The top floor houses the university library which is set beneath a dynamic 200-foot
arching skylight that opens to the sky .
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The lounges , dining venues , group study rooms , clubs and organization offices , career services , student affairs , and the University library wrap the commons and culminate in a multistory amphitheater that overlooks the commons and building entry . The amphitheater is a place to see and be seen . An event center that can accommodate up to 900 people is housed on the first floor . The top floor houses the university library which is set beneath a dynamic 200-foot arching skylight that opens to the sky . A roof terrace on the second floor allows students to gaze upon the adjacent runway of Daytona International Airport and beyond to rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral .
Creating this athenaeum of program spaces for students of aviation and aerospace technology within a building that characterizes fearlessness and discovery of flight has given Embry-Riddle an iconic main building that appropriately expresses their mission .
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