A local landmark is changing its look.

Contractors have stripped the skin off the old Langsdale Library at the University of Baltimore in preparation for its $20.5 million renovation and reconstruction as a “learning center” for the 21^st century.

A key exterior feature will be a new skin that has been designed to make the four-story building more energy efficient than it was when it opened in 1965. It is intended to have a visual connection to the university’s metal-clad John and Frances Angelos Law Center, which is two blocks away and was designed by the same architect.

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