Joshua Prince-Ramus: Designing the Seattle Central Library

http://www.ted.com Architect Joshua Prince-Ramus takes the audience on dazzling, dizzying virtual tours of three recent projects: the Central Library in Seattle, the Museum Plaza in Louisville and the Charles Wyly Theater in Dallas.

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[warmbreeze11]

I'm no Architect and I've not seen the buiding, but this is the best TED talk I've seen and heard ,so far. This guy's a great presenter because he doesn't waffle on and not actually say very much.  He's concise, articulate and very informative. This is the first TED that has captivated me the whole way through.

[superjujujuice]

no koolhaas, no library....ramus?

[SeattleRexx]

When I first saw it ,I thought it was hideous..but once you go inside, it's actually pretty damn impressive...you can spend an entire day in there exploring..I'm now a huge fan..it just works!

[elcakester]

@gegarner86 Excuse my ignorance, but what does that mean? I'm still trying to figure it out and I'm curious as hell. I'm not an architect so I'm completely unfamiliar to many concepts of architecture.

[alamri20]

@crossingthechannel

Joshua built as the project architect when he was in OMA.

And split in 2006 and created REX.

[eksiarvamus]

True, it is an interesting approach, but the result is hideous, it would ruin any skyline...

[youdickhed]

Koolhaas is the principal architect

[Darkhotanddeadly]

I thought he is hot and tattoos even make him hotter. Grrr.

[ridzz]

cool!

[crossingthechannel]

I thought Rem Koolhaas designed the library.