© Philippe Ruault
Seattle Central Library
At a moment when libraries are perceived to be under threat from a
shrinking public realm on one side and digitization on the other,
the Seattle Central Library creates a civic space for the
circulation of knowledge in all media, and an innovative organizing
system for an ever-growing physical collection
–
the Books Spiral.
The library's various programs are intuitively arranged across five
platforms and four flowing "in between" planes, which together
dictate the building's distinctive faceted shape, offering the city
an inspiring building that is robust in both its elegance and its
logic.
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