Ballard Library

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Project Name: Ballard Library
Construction year: 2005
Website: www.spl.lib.wa.us
Address: 22nd Ave N.W. 5614 , SEATTLE-WASHINGTON - United States

Architect(s) : Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (www.bcj.com)
Project Category: Cultural | Education

Latitude: 47.6699
Longitude: -122.384

Ballard Library

The Ballard Library and Neighborhood Service Center draws on this established Seattle neighborhood's Scandinavian and maritime roots, while focusing on its future as a popular community composed of a younger, more diverse population.

The building presents a powerful civic face along a pedestrian corridor. Its main entry is pulled back from the street to make a deep front porch, where exterior site furnishings are grouped to encourage human interaction and reinforce the civic nature of this sheltered space.

Individually metered, photovoltaic glass panels shade the Neighborhood Service Center lobby, demonstrating the effectiveness of photovoltaic technology in a Pacific Northwest environment.

The project effectively illustrates that green building is feasible within a modest budget, and offers the Ballard community an ideal example of the benefits to be realized when sustainable design and extraordinary architecture come together.
(text from architects' website)

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