Photo by Pragnesh Parikh, OMA/LMN The Seattle Central Library stands near completion, viewed from the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Spring Street.
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Central library fast facts
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Location: 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle
Total cost: $165.5 million
(includes Temporary Central Library)
Size: 363,000 square feet, plus a
49,000-square-foot parking garage
Opening: May 23
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Project team
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Owner: Seattle Public Library
Development manager: The Seneca Group, Seattle
Architects: Office for Modern Architecture, Rotterdam,
Netherlands; in joint venture with LMN Architects, Seattle
General contractor: Hoffman Construction Co., Seattle
Structural engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates,
Seattle; with Arup, Los Angeles and London
Mechanical/electrical engineer: Arup, Los Angeles
and London
Civil engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Seattle
Geotechnical engineer: Hart Crowser, Seattle
Acoustical engineer: Michael R. Yantis Associates, Seattle
Steel erection: The Erection Co., Arlington
Cost estimation: Davis Langdon Adamson, Seattle
Landscape architecture: Inside/Outside, Amsterdam,
Netherlands; Jones & Jones, Seattle
Interior design: OMA/LMN joint venture; Inside/Outside,
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Graphics: Bruce Mau Design, Toronto
Lighting: Kugler Tillotson Associates, New York
Life safety: Pielow Fair Associates, Seattle
Information technology consultant: Sparling, Seattle
ADA: McGuire Associates, Newburgh, N.Y.
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