The Buildings on the Arc, continued

Where were we? Oh, yeah... the Centre for the Study of the Texts. This is where Baha'i scholars do research using the precious primary materials. Here's the outside of the building:



See the skylight in the middle? There's a beautiful garden underneath it, below ground level, with a fountain. Through the windows on the first floor we could see the researchers hard at work in their offices. Mary Lou thought it reminded her of the research attorneys at her former job at the California Court of Appeal. And here's a shot of the snazzy light fixtures in the hallway inside the building:



Next up: The Archives Building. We'd already had our tour of the inside a few days ago, so this time we just walked by and admired it from the outside. Here's a shot of the side facing the terraces. Isn't it pretty?



And here is the same building as seen from the upper terraces.



Gotta love it!