On the outside, the building appears to be crouching. Inside, it leaps to serve you on platforms floating in cocoons of colored light. Crouching tiger, leaping building: If Rem Koolhaas' new library ...

the new Central Library was built and larger than ever, complete with a drive-in service window! PHOTO COURTESY OF SEATTLE MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES And then finally, in 1998, Koolhaas in conjunction with ...

The 11-level Central branch opened its doors to the public in May of 2004 to many excited fans of Rem Koolhaas, the Dutch architect who helped design the building alongside Joshua Ramus. Many visit ...

If you expect a public library to sit quietly with its hands folded, the new Seattle Central Library is not for you. It has a lunging, irregular exterior wrapped in folds of glass covered with a ...

Tens of thousands of book lovers and architecture fans are expected to turn out Sunday for the grand opening of the new Seattle public library. The 10-story glass-and-steel building was designed by ...