Seattle Library
The Seattle Library is one of the greatest, spacious and educational library in the whole world. This library is a marvel of modern architecture. This library is made of glass and steel and the designers are Rem Koolhas and Joshua Ramus.Inside the public library can hold about 1, 45 million books and other materials, features underground public parking for 143 vehicles.
Enter from Fifth Avenue, the upper part of the slope, and you are in the Living Room—one of the most exhilarating public rooms in the nation. Facing south, the light-infused atrium rises up eight stories.There are information and circulation desks, self-check stations, a bank of computers, and a large number of surprisingly comfortable cubist chairs.
At the back of the Living Room is the Starbucks Teen Center, a reference desk and a bank of computers with a limited book collection. While set apart through color and other design elements, it remains very open to the larger Living Room. A different model than most teen spaces, it’s more an entry point to the building than a room unto itself.
As great a building as this is for Seattle’s readers and researchers, learners and dreamers, its impact is even bigger.
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