Seattle Library Interior

The seattle public library gives you 24 7 free access to books music movies tv shows classes and more.

Seattle library interior. Images by philippe ruault. A cross section of the new central library shows the mixing chamber customer help area and several purpose built reading rooms. Carpet design ten patterns in three colours landscape design for entrance plaza s street borders and transitional advisory on interior materials finishes.

The seattle central library redefines the library as an institution no longer exclusively dedicated to the book but as an. Local landscape architect jones jones architects seattle. Library foundation seattle architect.

Seattle central library 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. A series of five internal platforms gives sense to the myriad purposes and media hosted by the library. The interior of seattle central library the flagship library of the seattle public library system seattle wa interior of seattle public library lobby in downtown seattle washington.

In its first year the library received 2 3 million visitors. Seattle central library interior the architects conceived the new central library building as a celebration of books deciding after some research that despite the arrival of the 21st century and the digital age people still respond to books printed on paper. The library has centers for children teens and adult readers along with expanded collections and a large computer lab.

Completed in 2004 in seattle united states. The diagrammatic form of the seattle public library s glass and metal skin began with the simple concept of wrapping the entire building in a continuous layer of transparency. Oma new york with lmn architects seattle collaborators.

The 11 floor building contains an innovative books spiral a 275 seat auditorium and open spaces where patrons can meet study search the web or read. It is a building that is in harmony with the skyline of seattle and the townscape of the city. The library has been a great success for the city helping to attract new economic activities much of which comes from tourism.