Why can’t every city have a cool library like this? Seattle has it going on when it comes to library building design! This ultra-contemporary glass and metal structure is awesome inside and out. If your ever in the Emerald City, make this one of your stops. It’s worth checking out.
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Today’s photo is from our last trip to New York City. One of our stops on that trip was the Library. I know, I know. The Library!! But look at this architecture. How could I skip this facility? It’s a great example of what we, humans, are capable of creating. If you like this type of thing and get to NYC, make this free location a “must do.”
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I’ve been to NYC a few times in the past and each time my hotel was about a block from this amazing building. Every time I went, I said that I have to get inside and just ran out of time. So on the last trip, MJ and I took a few hours out of our day to walk around this great facility. Of the dozens, maybe hundreds of people in the building with us, I had to have been the only person who entered just to photograph the architecture. What a great location!!! And it’s free to enter. Good times.
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On the 4th floor of the Seattle Central Library, the entire hallway is this bright red (floors, ceilings, walls, etc…). Off this hallway are conference rooms, classrooms, and offices. The red is a large contrast to the blues, metal, and glass that dominates the rest of the library.
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Here is another shot of the Seattle Central Library. I posted another photo of this building back in March. You can see it here:
http://brook-ward.com/blog/2015/3/5/seattle-central-library
This building is so weird. I don’t even know how to describe it. When I looked it up later, the architect couldn’t even put a specific design style on this structure. Maybe modern contemporary is the best way to describe it. There are lots of funky angles, bright colors, unusual spaces. Around every corner, the building design changes to the point that they don’t even go together. So I felt like I was in a different building when I changed areas within the building, instead of one continuous building. So my take on this building is that it fits the Seattle culture.
I took this photo from the 4th floor balcony looking out at the building support structure and the diamond shaped glass exterior wall. Like I said, funky!!!
If you ever get to Seattle, check this place out.
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This facility is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. It is an 11-story glass and steel building that opened in 2004 with over 362,000 square feet. It can hold over 1.45 million books, has an underground parking for 143 vehicles and has over 400 public computers. I was one of over 2 million visitors in 2014 to this very modern looking building. On the day I visited, the place was packed with people using every area of the building. I’ll have to post more photos of this facility later, because it is so unique….just totally different from anything you’ve probably ever seen.
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