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Seattle Public Library - OMA - Rem Koolhaas (by Scott Norsworthy)

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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    this is my library =]

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    I love libraries… I love books

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    I’ve been here! I love Seattle so freakin much is ridiclus.

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