Seattle Central Library Project

Project Summary

The Seattle Central Library is a building of twelve storey glass clad, asymmetrical building with multiple cantilevers which are vertically stacked with sloping surfaces and dramatic geometric angles. The glass cladding structure is involving 10,000 glass diamond panels, 4,644 tons of steel and 165,000 feet of aluminium mullions.

The glass cladding is in a diamond pattern and the architects’ desire was for a transparent building that floated with no apparent means of support.