The Salt Lake City main library is a 240,000 ft² (22,300 m²) five-story tall, wedge-shaped building. The library has a collection of over 500,000 books as well as subscriptions to over 60 newspapers and magazines and 163 internet capable computers.
The structure includes 44,960 yd³ (34,370 m³) of concrete as well as 176,368 ft² (16,385 m²) of glass. One of the library's main features is the five-story curved glass wall.