Take a look inside the Obama Presidential Center in this video
Take a short tour of the recently opened Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, USA, is this video filmed by Dezeen.
Designed by US studio Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to honour US president Barack Obama, the complex in the South Side of Chicago opened to the public in June.
This short video shows a visit to the presidential centre, which includes a 69-metre-tall (226-feet-tall), granite-clad tower, plaza and public library.
This video shows inside the Obama Presidential Center
The monumental tower contains a multi-floor exhibition dedicated to the former president and is topped by the Skyroom, which has views across the city.
Alongside the tower are a series of low-lying buildings arranged around a central plaza. These contain a Chicago Public Library branch and a building with an auditorium and large restaurant.
These buildings were topped with landscaping and gardens that connect to the wider Jackson Park, which was designed in the late 19th century by American landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
We recently rounded up all of the other presidential libraries across the USA, dedicated to presidents from Herbert Hoover to George W Bush.
The lead image is courtesy of the Obama Foundation.
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