Montlake Branch Library
{{Short description|Seattle Public Library branch in the U.S. state of Washington}}
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| address = 2401 24th Ave E
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The Montlake Branch Library is a branch of Seattle Public Library in Montlake, Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.{{Cite web |title=Montlake Branch, The Seattle Public Library |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/4027 |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=www.historylink.org}}{{Cite web|title=New Montlake Branch of The Seattle Public Library opens on August 12, 2006|url=https://www.historylink.org/File/8033|access-date=2024-08-26|website=www.historylink.org|archive-date=2024-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826011727/https://www.historylink.org/File/8033|url-status=live}}{{Cite book |last=Hille |first=R. Thomas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P4V7DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Seattle%22+%22Montlake+Library%22&pg=PT471 |title=The New Public Library: Design Innovation for the Twenty-First Century |date=2018-12-07 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-83141-6 |language=en}} The 5,650-square-foot building opened in 2006.{{Cite news |date=October 16, 2006 |title=Seattle Public Library Montlake Branch |url=https://www.djc.com/co/pow.html?id=11183080 |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce}}{{Cite web |last=Hardy |first=Pamela |date=2004-11-29 |title=Montlake library plans on hold |url=https://www.dailyuw.com/news/montlake-library-plans-on-hold/article_d2715eb1-484d-5838-b22b-5bdce4ad5b19.html |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=The Daily of the University of Washington |language=en}}
Description and features
The interior features a "skylight aperture sundial".{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2008-09-01 |title=Where to find Seattle's sundials |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/where-to-find-seattles-sundials/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US |quote=Montlake Branch Library, 2401 24th Ave E., a "skylight aperture sundial" inside the library; holes in the ceiling cast colored spots of light on to the floor, marking noontime and the seasons. Built 2006.}}{{Cite book |last=Orchiston |first=Wayne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GWJ5RQUhzUsC&dq=%22Seattle%22+%22Montlake+Library%22&pg=PA309 |title=The New Astronomy: Opening the Electromagnetic Window and Expanding our View of Planet Earth: A Meeting to Honor Woody Sullivan on his 60th Birthday |date=2006-01-17 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-1-4020-3724-5 |language=en}} The sundial was developed by library staff with University of Washington astronomer Woody Sullivan.{{cite web|title=Art prof gives new Seattle library a place in the sun|website=UW News|publisher=University of Washington|date=August 17, 2006|url=https://www.washington.edu/news/2006/08/17/art-prof-gives-new-seattle-library-a-place-in-the-sun/}}
History
Awards
The building won two awards: American Institute of Architects (AIA) Seattle Honor Awards for Washington Architecture, Honor Award, 2008; and AIA Washington Civic Design Awards, Merit Award, 2008.{{cite web|website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database|publisher=University of Washington Libraries|title=City of Seattle, Public Library (SPL), Branch, Montlake, Seattle, WA|id=PCAD ID 18076|date=|url=https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/18076/|access-date=August 26, 2024}}{{cite web|title=Seattle Public Library Montlake Branch|publisher=Buildingwork|url=https://www.buildingwork.design/projects/seattle-public-library-montlake-branch/}}{{cite web|title=Honor Awards|publisher=AIA Seattle|access-date=August 26, 2024|url=https://aiaseattle.org/awards/honor-awards/}}{{citation|work=AIArchitect|title= AIA Washington Council Honors Eight Architects|first=Russell |last=Boniface|date=June 19, 2009|url=https://info.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek09/0619/0619n_aiawash.htm|access-date=August 26, 2024}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Montlake Branch Library}}
- {{official website}}, Seattle Public Library
- [https://www.spl.org/hours-and-locations/montlake-branch/montlake-branch-highlights/montlake-branch-art Montlake Branch Art], Seattle Public Library
- [https://www.spl.org/hours-and-locations/montlake-branch/montlake-branch-highlights Montlake Branch Highlights], Seattle Public Library
- [https://artsci.washington.edu/news/2006-10/timely-art-montlake-library Timely Art for Montlake Library], College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington
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