Central Library 10th Anniversary - Building the Central Library Panel Discussion, May 22

Summary: Panelists include Joshua Prince-Ramus, co-architect of the Central Library and principal of REX in New York City; former City Librarian Deborah L. Jacobs, now head of Global Libraries for the Gates Foundation; Sam Miller, partner at LMN Architects in Seattle; Gilbert W. Anderson, former Library Board member and emeritus member of the Library Foundation board of directors; City Librarian Marcellus Turner. Moderator is Eric Liu, former Library Board member and current member of the Library Foundation board of directors. Opened May 23, 2004, the Central Library has won numerous awards, including being named Time magazine’s “2004 Building of the Year” and being selected in 2005 by Condé Nast Traveler magazine as one of “the new seven wonders of the world.” The late New York Times architecture critic Herbert Muschamp described the Central Library as “a blazing chandelier to swing your dreams upon” and “the most exciting new building it has been my honor to review” in more than 30 years of writing about architecture. In 2005, the Central Library was honored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), and the American Library Association (ALA). In 2013, the Central Library hosted Library Journal’s 13th Design Institute to discuss the evolution of library design.