Rem Koolhaas (Architect) - Seattle Library,

Seattle Downtown, Washington.

seating in auditorium

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long shadows

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circulation

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On this wall the main structural bracing of the building is visible behind the steel ibeams of the structural exterior walls.

view - entrance ramp

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Taken from a moving car in the canyon highway beaneath the national television complex.

The highway perspective.

street

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the best modern museum in rotterdam.

images were taken during the rain!!

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steps & ramp

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interior

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glass.....................

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This open grid barrier runs along the edge of the atrium. It's made of standard galvanized storm gratings, very carefully adapted.

looking south from street

See blog post for tour discussion. www.seededearth.com/blog/architecture/green-and-orange-an...

Children's floor

park approach

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+ cyclists

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spot the portrait of rem koolhaas.

gallery & stepped ramp

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Library patrons have access to the building computer network here.

the entrance ramp

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stepped ramp

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designed by Rem Koolhaas / OMA 1997

a bold exterior form

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road under

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view - entrance ramp

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camel

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piano nobile

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Children's floor. Big folks seem to like the little chairs...

entrance ramp

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the entrance

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McCormick Tribune Campus Center, IIT, Chicago

see next photo for full portrait

More magazine racks. These are near the exterior windows, so the light is more blue.

A small lecture hall is tucked in under the main entrance floor.

A typical open desk area with computers in the book stacks. Dewey decimal numbers are in the floor.

perhaps an over indulgent use of circulation space,

but very enjoyable to navigate............

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homeless but comfortable

the view

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View south through the angled exterior grid to the street and building plaza below.

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Conference level, hallway

Children's floor; storytelling area.

Infographics are integrated with the elevator call buttons, top floor.

This is an entrance to the Campus Center, IIT, Chicago

see next photo for close up of icons