If you expect a public library to sit quietly with its hands folded, the new Seattle Central Library is not for you. It has a lunging, irregular exterior wrapped in folds of glass covered with a ...

The 11-level Central branch opened its doors to the public in May of 2004 to many excited fans of Rem Koolhaas, the Dutch architect who helped design the building alongside Joshua Ramus. Many visit ...

Since Andrew Carnegie reimagined public libraries and helped develop nearly 1,700 of them in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, how people use and interact in the spaces has changed immensely.