The Office for Metropolitan Architecture is an international architectural firm with offices in Rotterdam, New York, Hong Kong, Doha, and Australia. The firm is currently led by eight partners - Rem K
Seattle Central Library
Embassy of the Netherlands, Berlin
Villa dall'Ava, Paris, France, OMA
The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story glass and steel building in the downtown core of Seattle, Washington was opened to the public on
Seattle Central Library in 2019
The Collins Block at Second and James; the public library was one of its original 1894 tenants.
Henry Yesler's former mansion at Third and James was supposed to be a permanent home for the library, but burned January 2, 1901.
The Carnegie Library, on the same site as the current building, was Seattle's downtown library for just over a half-century.