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Atlanta Central Library: Context · Brutalist Atlanta-Fulton-County Central Library viewed from Georgia Pacific Center Plaza
1/6 · Context · Brutalist Atlanta-Fulton-County Central Library viewed from Georgia Pacific Center PlazaPhoto: Marc Merlin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Atlanta Central Library: Exterior
2/6 · ExteriorPhoto: Zeroping · CC BY 4.0 · source
Atlanta Central Library: Exterior · Atlanta-Fulton Central Library
3/6 · Exterior · Atlanta-Fulton Central LibraryPhoto: Aleksandr Zykov from Russia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Atlanta Central Library: Exterior · Atlanta-Fulton Central Library
4/6 · Exterior · Atlanta-Fulton Central LibraryPhoto: Aleksandr Zykov from Russia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Atlanta Central Library: Interior · Atrium of the Fulton County Central Library, taken from the main stairwell
5/6 · Interior · Atrium of the Fulton County Central Library, taken from the main stairwellPhoto: Zeroping · CC BY 4.0 · source
Atlanta Central Library: Interior · Atrium of the Fulton County Central Library, taken from the main stairwell
6/6 · Interior · Atrium of the Fulton County Central Library, taken from the main stairwellPhoto: Zeroping · CC BY 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Context · Brutalist Atlanta-Fulton-County Central Library viewed from Georgia Pacific Center PlazaPhoto 2: ExteriorPhoto 3: Exterior · Atlanta-Fulton Central LibraryPhoto 4: Exterior · Atlanta-Fulton Central LibraryPhoto 5: Interior · Atrium of the Fulton County Central Library, taken from the main stairwellPhoto 6: Interior · Atrium of the Fulton County Central Library, taken from the main stairwell

Library · Brutalism

Atlanta Central Library

Marcel Breuer · Atlanta, United States · 1980

Key featuresA stepped, overhanging concrete mass with few deep-set windows crowns a downtown corner.

Architect
Marcel Breuer
Place
Atlanta, United States
Year
1980
Typology
Library
Movement
Brutalism
Region
Americas
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