It is very refreshing to experience an architectural design that surpasses the previous solution in quantum fashion as in the case here of the updated Seattle Public Library, Central Branch. This design takes into account, not only usability, but imagination and the people's quest for beauty, institution as temple and refuge. I have seen library updates that take something quaint and lovely, if imperfect, the village center, and reinvent it as fortress, even prison-like, with blockades to impede your coming and going. Designs that fail to deliver on the promise to the public. Designs that fail to elevate and inspire. We have all seen anemic art, and we can keep passing by. A poorly designed building, especially one designed for the public benefit is a crime.
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