
Harold Washington Library Center
1991
Postmodernism
library
The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. The exterior evokes the design of the Rookery, Auditorium and the Monadnock buildings. The bottom portion is made of large granite blocks.…
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- 1991
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