In most respects, the audacity is working. Book circulation is up 50 percent over the old downtown library, visitation (the number of people walking through the door) up 60 percent.

Wagner said the new library integrated with the 1860s building, showing “all of the war wounds and the character of the old building but then has a glazed staircase and circulation space”.

May 12, 2025 at 6:00 am Updated May 12, 2025 at 6:00 am 1 of 5 | Central Library stands out downtown with its unusual architecture and nearly 10,000 windows. (Nick Wagner / The Seattle Times) ...

The mayor responded by hosting an open competition for a combined gallery and library next to this transit hub. The building proposed by Tokyo architect Akihisa Hirata (Design Vanguard 2013) turned ...

When it reopens, the facility will regain its status as the West Side’s regional library —a designation it lost in 1977 due to declining circulation.

Cite: "Architecture Library Chulalongkorn University / Department of ARCHITECTURE" 26 Dec 2019. ArchDaily.