ATLANTA PUBLIC LIBRARY CENTRAL BRANCH In the heart of downtown Atlanta, a few blocks from Centennial traffic intersection as well as neighboring buildings that top at Park and the Georgia Aquarium, the Marcel Breuer-designed 700 feet. public library attracts few visitors. What arose was a series of questions about attracting everyday We were charged with treating the site as if already leveled and office-goers as well as tourists, competing with taller buildings, creating a new library for the city of Atlanta. Our goal was that and the existing validity of a library in the future at all. it might assist in the revitalization of this former center of all downtown Atlanta, the particularly famous Margaret Mitchell The points at which the roof peaks at the front entrance wall Square. and the back of the building, seek to compete with neighboring buildings’ heights without actually reaching similar heights. It is The main site challenges include a sloped site and complicated in fact the same height as the Candler building.
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