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Seattle Central Library / OMA + LMN

Completed in 2004 in Seattle, United States. Images by Philippe Ruault. The Seattle Central Library redefines the library as an institution no longer exclusively dedicated to the book, but as an information store where...

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2004

Seattle, Washington, United States

Library

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