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The Central Library Implementation
Committee selected Cesar Pelli and Associates to design the new Central
Library. Mr. Pelli designed the Norwest Center here in Minneapolis.
He also designed Ronald Regan Airport, the World Financial Center (both
which have recently been in the news due to the World Trade Center bombing), as
well as the Petronus Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which is
the world's tallest building. I would encourage people to take a minute to
look at some of this firm's work at:
A couple of comments on one post regarding this
process.
>Kevin Trainor wrote:
>I agree that we should be looking at the proposed >designs and not just the architects -- it seems downright >dumb to pick an architect without looking at what they >have in mind to have built. The reason that we didn't do a
design competition is that typically you don't get a very well designed building
when you do them. You will get a nice looking exterior but you don't
necessarily get a functional building. There are a lot of challenges with this
building -- four "fronts," the desire for a public space inside as well as
outside, possible inclusion of a planetarium, coordination with the housing
across the street, the need to organize functions internally, -- that a
design competition would not have resulted in a good overall design both
internally and externally.
Carol Becker Longfellow
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