The new Ballard Branch is the 15th branch to open under the "Libraries for All" building program. The building was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and built by PCL Construction Services Inc.
Creative environmental features are everywhere at this branch - from the planted "green roof" to pools of natural light in the underground parking garage.
The roof sweeps north to bathe the interior with indirect light; a lower roof section provides an intimate scale for reading along the north wall. A covered porch area provides a civic face along the pedestrian corridor of 22nd Avenue Northwest.
A "green roof" is planted with more than 18,000 low-water-use plants. A built-in periscope inside the branch gives you a view of the roof and the Olympic Mountains. At select times, you can visit the indoor viewing deck.
Architect: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Landscape Architect: Swift & Co.
Contractor: PCL Construction Services Inc.
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