Seattle Public Library

While old-time pal Amy was back to Vancouver, she proposed that we go to Seattle to visit the Seattle Public Library designed by well-known architect Rem Koolhaas.

The large crystal structure occupies the whole block within downtown Seattle. At first, I wasn't so fascinated with the overall perspective views I came across on Google. It looked more like a cold, inorganic piece of poop from above, but after arriving and circling around the structure looking from a more human perspective, I can't help but change my opinions about the library. From far away with a bird's-eye view, it's not as inviting and welcoming as when you're actually standing below the covered main entrance.

Things started to get more fascinating as we explored the interior of the library. Large open spaces, bold colors, detailed furniture. At every corner, every level there is something innovative and intricate that stopped and ahh'd us. From the ramps of the spiral levels to the long, neon escalators. The rich red meeting rooms level, the sky-blue steel structures, everything was stimulating to the picture-clicking archi freaks like us. It took us a few hours to explore and have some fun within the building, and it became a building that did make an impression on me.