Odegaard Undergraduate Library
Seattle, United States
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The Charles E. Odegaard Undergraduate Library, which opened in 1972 on the University of Washington's Seattle campus, is a brutalist structure named after the university's nineteenth president. Fronting the northwest corner of Red Square, it was built simultaneously with an underground parking garage and houses secondary book stacks, a learning commons, and campus technology resources alongside ground-floor amenities including a cafeteria and newsstand. The building replaced an earlier undergraduate library housed within Suzzallo Library. A comprehensive renovation completed in June 2013 earned its architects the 2014 American Institute of Architects' Institute Honor Awards for Interior Architecture.
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- Built
- Type
- library building, university building
- Place
- Seattle, United States
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