It is trimmed in cast stone, roofed in tile, and built around three sides of a courtyard containing a central fountain, with an open cloister running along the fourth side. At the junction of the north and west wings is a clock and chimes tower.
Interior decoration is of dark wood, colorful tiles, and salmon-colored unglazed terra cotta.
The rare book room and the book bindery and workshop have been converted into an additional classroom and offices. Flewelling, Ralph Tyler, ed. With an Address by Heinrich Gomperz on the part of the Gomperz Collection commonly called by that name. Eileen Flick, Doheny Library, and Paul Tzanetopoulos, Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Philosophy Library Univ.