The interior offers one of architecture‎'‎s great pleasures‎:‎ the joy of being in a comfortable‎,‎ well‎-lit‎,‎ well‎-built space‎.‎ As you stroll among the exhibits‎,‎ you ascend a gentle brick slope‎,‎ guided toward the bell by an undulating and sensuously textured granite wall‎.‎ The brick and granite are used with honest heft to represent the firm foundations on which our democracy is built‎;‎ no ersatz plasterboard or carpet here‎.‎ By the time you reach the bell‎'‎s chamber‎,‎ you have been rendered into a state of sober well‎-being‎.‎ The Philadelphia Inquirer In October of 2003‎,‎ the Liberty Bell was given a new home‎.‎ The building‎,‎ designed by the Philadelphia‎-based architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson features three architectural elements‎:‎ a covered outdoor area‎,‎ an elongated rectilinear exhibit hall‎,‎ and a tapered cubic volume housing the Bell Chamber‎.‎ ‎"‎Liberty Bell Center‎:‎ Building for Democracy‎"‎ is the most detailed look to date at the building‎-‎-presented here is an extensive set of reproductions and photographs‎,‎ including records of the design and building process which thoroughly document the building and its surroundings‎.‎ The book also features essays that flesh out a rich context for the architecture‎,‎ while offering the insiders‎'‎ account of the design process as well as the critics‎'‎ map of the constellation of forces that come into play in shaping a building of this significance and quality‎.‎ ‎"‎Liberty Bell Center‎"‎ comes with a DVD and a poster that displays the floor plan of the building with photographs and illustrations of the various vantage points‎.‎