The Seattle Central Library at 1000 Fourth Avenue in downtown Seattle, Washington, opened in 2004 to a design by Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture with LMN Architects. The eleven story, deconstructivist building wraps a series of angled floating platforms in a steel net and glass skin, and holds capacity for about 1.5 million books across roughly 363,000 square feet. It was named to the American Institute of Architects 2007 list of Americans 150 favorite structures, though critics have been divided over its layout.
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The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story (185 feet or 56.9 meters high) glass and steel building in the downtown core of Seattle, Washington was opened to the public on May 23, 2004. Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus of OMA/LMN were the principal architects, and Magnusson Klemencic Associates was the structural engineer with Arup. Arup also provided mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering, as well as fire/life safety, secu
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The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story (185 feet or 56.9 meters high) glass and steel building in the downtown core of Seattle, Washington was opened to the public on May 23, 2004. Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus of OMA/LMN were the principal architects, and Magnusson Klemencic Associates was the structural engineer with Arup. Ar
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The 11-story (185 feet or 56.9 meters high) glass and steel building in the downtown core of Seattle, Washington was opened to the public on May 23, 2004.
Uses Element: Steel, Wikipedia lead
The 11-story (185 feet or 56.9 meters high) glass and steel building in the downtown core of Seattle, Washington was opened to the public on May 23, 2004.
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Wikidata item Q2531939, property P1619: 2004
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Seattle, United States
Wikidata item Q2531939, property P131/P17 (location): Seattle, United States
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