A small section of the exterior glass wall at Seattle Central Library. Nearly 10,000 of the diamond-shaped glass panes cover over 126,000 square feet to create the "exterior curtain". Source: Seattle Central Library‹›
Seattle Central Library

Rem Koolhaas / OMA

Detail · Seattle, United States · 2004

Photo: Andrew Smith from Seattle, WA, USA · 2011-04-03 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 3818×3182

A small section of the exterior glass wall at Seattle Central Library. Nearly 10,000 of the diamond-shaped glass panes cover over 126,000 square feet to create the "exterior curtain". Source: Seattle Central Library

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