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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
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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.
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
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…November 3, 1998. The project also received a $20 million donation from Bill Gates, of Microsoft. 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. Ramus served as the partner in charge…
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Villa dall'Ava, Paris, France, OMA