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Seattle Central Library
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reinforced concrete, steel, glass
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1000 Fourth Avenue (Fifth Avenue / Spring Street)
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Buildings for cultural activities
Libraries and media libraries
Buildings for recreational activities
Auditoriums and music centres
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Project |
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1999 - 2001
project winner of competition
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Realisation |
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2001 - 2004 |
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AWARDS |
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Honor Award for Outstanding Architecture
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Outstanding Library Building Award
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Platinum Award for Innovation and Engineering
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA |
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| Where'd You Go, Bernadette |
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| Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Kristen Wiig, Judy Greer, Laurence Fishburne |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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"Inside-Outside - Petra Blaisse. Tappeti dentro e fuori/Carpets Inside and Outside", Lotus international 128, settembre/september 2006 [Reclaiming Terrain], pp. 111-117
"Petra Blaisse, Inside-Outside. Breaking Boundaries. Seattle, 2000-05", Lotus international 128, settembre/september 2006 [Reclaiming Terrain], pp. 115-117 (111-117) |
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"Algoritmi genetici/Genetic Algorithm", Lotus international 127, giugno/june 2006 [Diagrams], pp. 52-65
"OMA. Seattle Central Library, Seattle, USA, 1999-2004", Lotus international 127, giugno/june 2006 [Diagrams], pp. 55-57 (52-65) |
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| "II. Seattle Central Library", in AMO/Rem Koolhaas, Post-Occupancy, "Domus d'autore" 1, Editoriale Domus, Milano aprile/april 2006 |
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| Domizia Mandolesi, "Nuova Biblioteca centrale di Seattle, USA/Seattle New Central Library, USA", L'industria delle costruzioni 387, gennaio-febbraio/january-february 2006 [Biblioteche e mediateche 2], pp. 40-49 |
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| Rita Capezzuto (ed.), Vittorio Pizzigoni, "Pelli strutturali?/Structural Skins?", Domus 878, febbraio/february 2005, pp. 46-47 (38-47) |
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| "Origami della cultura/Cultural origami", L'architettura. Cronache e storia 592, febbraio/february 2005, "Selearchitettura/Archdigest" pp. 74-75 |
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| Raymund Ryan, "Rem Koolhaas in Seattle. Biblioteca Centrale/Central Library", The Plan 7, settembre/september 2004, "Letter from America" pp. 9-14 |
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"Rem Koolhaas a Seattle", Casabella 724, luglio-agosto/july-august 2004, pp. 6-23
Francesco Dal Co, "Le mosche cocchiere", Casabella 724, luglio-agosto/july-august 2004, pp. 6-8 (6-23)
Michele Reboli, "La nuova biblioteca di Seattle: fare e rifare la città", Casabella 724, luglio-agosto/july-august 2004, pp. 9-10 (6-23) |
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Joseph Grima, Keyoko Ota (ed.), "Seattle Central Library. OMA", Domus 871, giugno/june 2004, pp. 16-39, cover
Matthew Stadler, "Il bastione/The Shaft", Domus 871, giugno/june 2004, pp. 18-27 (16-39)
"Forma, funzione e metamorfosi della bibioteca/Form, function and the future of the Library", Domus 871, giugno/june 2004, pp. 18-27 (16-39)
Michael H. Sanchez, "Ricerca e ripensamenti/Research and Re-thinking", Domus 871, giugno/june 2004, pp. 38-39 (16-39) |
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| Stefano Converso, "La tecnobiblioteca di Oma", Il giornale dell'architettura 12, novembre 2003, p. 34 |
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| Efisio Pitzalis, "Biblioteca pubblica. Seattle. OMA/Rem Koolhaas", Area 59, novembre-dicembre/november-december 2001 [Bigness], "Scenari del progetto/Project scenario" pp. 20-39 |
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CLIENT |
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| The Seattle Public Library |
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| $ 111.900.000 ($/m² 2.916) |
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Auditorium 275 seats
Parking 143 cars |
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STRUCTURES |
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Arup
Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN |
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Inside/Outside - Petra Blaisse
Jones & Jones - Ilze Jones, Jim Brighton, Shaney Clemmons
Greenlee Nursery - John Greenlee |
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Rem Koolhaas, Joshua Ramus
LMN Architects
John Nesholm |
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Mark von Hof-Zogrotzki, Natasha Sandmeier, Meghan Corwin, Bjarke Ingels, Carol Patterson
LMN Architects
Tim Pfeiffer, Steve Del Fraino, Mary Anne Smith, Dave Matthews, Vern Cooley, Pragnesh Parikh |
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Keely Colcleugh, Rachel Doherty, Sarah Gibson, Laura Gilmore, Anna Little, John McMorrough, Kate Orff, Beat Schenk, Saskia Simon, Anna Sutor, Chris van Duijn, Victori Willocks, Dan Wood
LMN Architects
Chris Baxter, Jim Brown, Wayne Flood, Thomas Gerard, Mette Greenshields, Cassandra Hryniw, Roy Kim, Ed Kranick, Ken Loddeke, Howard Liu, Damien McBride, Howard Meeks, Byron Rice, Kathy Stallings, Page Swanberg |
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Florence Clausel, Thomas Dubuisson, Erez Ella, Achim Gergen, Eveline Jürgens, Antt Lassila, Hannes Peer, João Ribeiro, Kristina Skoogh, Sybille Waeltli, Leonard Weil |
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Cecil Balmond, Atila Zekioglu, Anders Carlson, Chris Carroll
Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Jon Magnusson, Jay Taylor, Derek Beaman, Hans Blomgren, Nathalie Boeholt
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| Lighting engineer |
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