The Architect · Nora · San Francisco
San Francisco Main Public Library
This building was controversial when it opened — the collection was reorganized for the atrium and some librarians were not happy. I've never cared about that argument.
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, 1996. The main atrium's top-lit central void is the building's organizational move — every floor wraps it and reads off it.
— Nora, The Architect
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