Here's a building that out-boutiques many boutique hotels and out-hips many hip clubs. That's right, the Seattle Central Library, designed by Rem Koolhaas and opened in 2004, looks like it should have a doorman and a bouncer. Gone are the longtime twin pillars of library design -- the stuffy and the oppressive -- replaced by a crystalline steel-and-glass structure that houses angled, sweeping spaces, natural light, and patches of bright color. See a slide show of the building here.
written on Tuesday Jan 23, 2007
shelves,
books,
building.
