Vancouver Public Library

[daddytodd]

This is it...



I thought we had something unique. Alas...

I think I've seen it in Galactica too.

Comments

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

The Vancouver library design was based on the coliseum in Rome. What's funny is that when they built it there were complaints by people that it wasn't "original". There doesn't seem to be complaints about all the look alike highrises that all look like each other but they never get complaints about lack of originality.

[daddytodd.livejournal.com]

The Salt Lake City Library is only an arc; some sketches I saw lead me to believe the Vancouver Public Library is round. So it looks similar from some angles, but completely different from others.

The SLC Library is an amazing piece of architecture, and one of the few monuments in the city that neither pays homage to, nor functions as a reaction against, the city's pioneer/Mormon heritage. It's its own thing. I really appreciate that.

[altf4ljdrama.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's why I loved (and miss) it so much. It was always a very special place for me. I'm a little jealous that pizzocalabro gets to work there every day.