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The 11-story Central Library has a capacity for over 1.5 million books, in comparison to only 900,000 in the old library building. [15] The architects also worked to make the library inviting to the public, rather than stuffy, which they discovered was the popular perception of libraries as a whole.
The Seattle Central Library opened in 2004 and was designed by Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) [39] in a joint venture with LMN Architects and Front Inc. [d] Facade Consultants. [40]
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.
Seattle Central Library. Seattle The flagship of the Seattle Public Library is an architectural delight, a study in angles, steel, and glass. Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus of OMA/LMN were ...
The current Central Library is the third on the site, preceded by a Beaux-Arts Carnegie library (built 1904–1906, demolished 1957) designed by Peter J. Weber, a German-born architect from Chicago [215] [216] and an International Style replacement opened 1960, with Bindon & Wright as the primary architect and Decker Christenson & Kitchin as ...
The Seattle Central Library was completed and opened to the public on May 23, 2004. [10] In 2005, the library earned a national American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture. [ 11 ] The building has also been described as "the most important new library to be built in a generation, and the most exhilarating" by New Yorker ...
1999 University of Graz Music School, Austria. Architect, UNStudio; 1999–2004 Seattle Central Library, USA. Architect, OMA/LMN Architects; 1999 Casa da Musica, Porto, Portugal. Architect OMA (2005) 2000 Portuguese Pavilion Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany. Architect Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura; 2000 Prada, Los Angeles, CA USA ...
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