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The world’s top architects are reinventing the library. From Rem Koolhaas’ futuristic Seattle masterpiece to Norman Foster’s Berlin dome, view our gallery of the hippest homes for books.
Catie Marron is a former editor of living and style at Vogue and the current chairman of the board of trustees at the New York Public Library. Her main focus is on public service—now, in troubled times, she believes that libraries are needed more than ever.
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Catie Marron is a former editor of living and style at Vogue and the current chairman of the board of trustees at the New York Public Library.
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Catie Marron is a former editor of living and style at Vogue and the current chairman of the board of trustees at the New York Public Library.
Weekend Eye
Catie Marron is a former editor of living and style at Vogue and the current chairman of the board of trustees at the New York Public Library.
joymars
Absolutely wonderful. Thank you for this great photo gallery of even greater art.
I feel better about the human race.
jayebe
The Seattle Public Library is one of the ugliest place I've ever been, second only to a high security prison. It's a cold, grey, hard place with sharp edges. Everything is metal. There isn't a comfortable place to sit in the whole building. It echoes like an empty warehouse. The only graceful thing in the building is the wooden floor you see when you enter the main lobby. The floor is carved with the names of thousands of different books. It's warm and interesting, and it makes you look forward to seeing the rest of the building. What a shock, then, to find yourself in a hideously repellent "modern" space that is so far from the comfort one expects to find in a library that it should be stricken from the list. The only reason anyone I spoke with offered for the repulsive nature of the building was that it is so uncomfortable that it deters the homeless of Seattle from entering. Honestly, the stinking environs of a bus terminal are more welcoming than the Seattle Library.
WestWoman
Wow! These are beautiful. Nice to know books have such wonderful homes--they deserve more!
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