Seattle Central Library
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The Seattle Public Library's Central Library is the flagship library of The Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story (185 feet or 56 meters high) glass and steel building in downtown Seattle, Washington was opened to the public on Sunday, May 23, 2004. Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus of OMA/LMN were the principal architects and Hoffman Construction Company of Portland, Oregon, was the general contractor. The 362,987 square foot (34,000 m²) public library can hold about 1.45 million books and other materials, features underground public parking for 143 vehicles, and includes over 400 computers open to the public. Over 2 million individuals visited the new library in its first year. It is the third Seattle Central Library building to be located on the same site at 1000 Fourth Avenue, the block bounded by Fourth and Fifth Avenues and Madison and Spring Streets. The library has a unique, striking appearance, consisting of several discrete "floating platforms" seemingly wrapped in a large steel net around glass skin. Architectural tours of the building began on June 5, 2006.
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| Seattle Public Library Central Library home page Seattle Public Library Central Library home page www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=branch_central&branchID=1 - Web |
| Brief History of The Seattle Public Library Brief History of The Seattle Public Library www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=about_history_history - Web |
| Seattle Times special section Seattle Times special section seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/library/ - Web |
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| Review and overview by architecture critic Lynn Be... Review and overview by architecture critic Lynn Becker lynnbecker.com/repeat/seattle/seattle.htm - Web |
| Photos of exterior and interior of building Photos of exterior and interior of building figure-ground.com/travel/image.php?spl - Web |
