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OMA was awarded the contract for the Seattle Central Library, completed in 2005, despite not having been on the list of firms originally invited to submit designs. Former partner and Seattle resident Joshua Prince-Ramus , heard from his mother about the meeting for interested firms at the last minute and flew in from the Netherlands.
The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story (185 feet or 56.9 meters high) glass and steel building in the downtown core of Seattle , Washington was opened to the public on May 23, 2004.
The Seattle Public Library (SPL) is the public library system serving the city of Seattle, Washington. Efforts to start a Seattle library had commenced as early as 1868, with the system eventually being established by the city in 1890. The system currently comprises 27 branches, most of which are named after the neighborhoods in which they are ...
The Madrona–Sally Goldmark Branch Library (sometimes simply the Madrona Public Library) [1] is a branch of Seattle Public Library, in Seattle, Washington. [2] Serving the Central District, the library originated from the Book-Tique pilot program, established in 1971. It was renamed to commemorate community leader Sally Goldmark in 1986.
The Montlake Branch Library is a branch of Seattle Public Library in Montlake, Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The 5,650-square-foot building opened in 2006. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
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Rem Koolhaas inspecting the Seattle Central Library model in 2005. Koolhaas first came to public and critical attention with OMA (The Office for Metropolitan Architecture), the office he founded in 1975 together with architects Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis and (Koolhaas's wife) Madelon Vriesendorp in London.
In October 1999, after two public meetings, the Seattle Library Board voted to build a new branch on the current site of the Henry Branch. [1] The Library Board rejected an offer from a private developer that sought to put the new library branch in a mixed-use development at Broadway and 10th Avenue East, after public opposition to the 65-foot ...