seattle public library
May. 20th, 2004 11:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
saint_monkeythe new main branch of the seattle public library, designed by frank geary's twisted shadow, rem koolhaus, adds to seattle's architechtural landscape, which already has buildings by lots of notable modern architects, like: geary (the EMP building), holl (the chapel of st ignatius), graves (the physics and astronomy building at the udub), gwathmey, (the henry art museum addition) and venturi (the seattle art museum) it makes seattle a real tour de force for a visiting architecture class. i can't think of many modern us cities that are investing so much in their skyline.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/library/
from the slideshows and virtual tours, it's a hell of a building, one to outmatch the claustrophobic EMP building, and it's getting rave reviews from everybody. if i remember correctly, the impetus for the design was a tall and precarious stack of books. i realy wish i could go back to tour it. the pictures look wonderful. i wonder if they can keep the bums out?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/library/
from the slideshows and virtual tours, it's a hell of a building, one to outmatch the claustrophobic EMP building, and it's getting rave reviews from everybody. if i remember correctly, the impetus for the design was a tall and precarious stack of books. i realy wish i could go back to tour it. the pictures look wonderful. i wonder if they can keep the bums out?
