Seattle Central Library (Seattle, WA) : The northeast elevation along Fifth Avenue, showing steel outer structure and glass curtain wall
- Creator:
- Koolhaas, Rem, 1944-
Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), 1975- - Published/Created:
- 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, United States
1999-2004 - Physical Description:
- 185 ft (height)
- Date Depicted:
- 3/5/2004
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- concrete
glass
steel - Notes:
- Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus of the Dutch firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), working in conjunction with the Seattle firm LMN Architects, served as the building's principal architects. Hoffman Construction Company of Portland, Oregon was the general contractor. In 2007, the building was voted #108 on the American Institute of Architects' list of Americans' 150 favorite structures in the US. It was one of two Seattle buildings included on the list of 150 structures, the other being Safeco Field. The 362,987 square foot 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.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Modern
Modernist - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-OMA-SCL-C7
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
libraries (buildings) (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present) construction buildings; libraries (buildings)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module One
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
3/5/2004 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10110733
- PID:
- digcoll:1796195