Overview

The building's curved design follows the shape of the six-acre site it resides on. The building is as aesthetically pleasing inside as it is outside. Green earth tones complement the clean contemporary style of the furniture. The focal point of the building is the three-story atrium featuring a "Cinderella-style" staircase and a wall of windows that allow much light.

The 414,000 square-foot facility consists of some 70 laboratories, eight computer class labs, five large classrooms and a 200-seat auditorium. A three-story parking deck beneath the facility holds 534 vehicles, and an east-west path cuts through the center of the building, allowing uninterrupted pedestrian traffic from one part of campus to another. In addition, the skywalk between the KACB and the CCB features binary code that reads, "The Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building."

The second and third floors contain study lounges, faculty offices, research labs, graduate student offices and a commons area. The binary skywalk is located near the third-floor exit, connecting the KACB to the rest of the Information Technology Complex which includes the College of Computing, the Microelectronics Research Center and the Van Leer Building.