General information about the Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy....
	At 238,000 square feet, on 7 levels, the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy is currently the largest building on Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus.
	Status of rooms often change from year to year, but here is a current general picture....
	More than 200 various offices for Students, Post Docs, Research Staff, Administrative Staff and Faculty. 21 full-size working research labs. 9 full-size labs currently used as office space. Teaching labs including General Physics at over 8,000 square feet and Advanced Physics at more than 4,500 square feet . 9 classrooms, plus a 2,800 square feet, 324-seat auditorium. 7 conference rooms (plus a few research groups have their own small conference areas). A complete machine shop, a student machine shop, and a wood shop totaling 4,500 square feet. A 1,600 square foot  library [] (plus a couple of smaller group library / reading rooms). Various rooms throughout the building containing terminals, workstations, servers, etc. 1,800 square feet of shipping and receiving space with a loading dock. A 2,500 square foot "high bay" with an overhead crane. A "clean room suite" totaling 1,000 square feet. An observatory dome on the roof.
	Common public areas include....
	7 inside stairwells 7 lobbies and lounges of various shapes and sizes totaling over 13,000 square feet 2 passenger elevators and a 6-ton freight elevator More than 31,000 square feet of corridor space Last but not least, 25 restrooms
	Uncommon non-public areas....
	At least 37,000 square feet of mechanical and utility space
	The Bloomberg Center is located near the northwest corner of campus, at 3701 San Martin Drive, adjacent to the Space Telescope Science Institute. Click here to see map.
	Construction started:  October 1987 Construction completed:  April 1990   Architects:  Ayres/Saint/Gross Project Architect:  Frederick K. Read   Construction Managers:  The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Project Manager:  William Whiting Structural Engineers:  Whitney, Bailey, Cox & Magnani Mechanical and Electrical Engineers:  E. A. Mueller Associates, Inc.