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Library · Postmodernism

Harold Washington Library Center

Hammond, Beeby and Babka · Chicago, United States · 1991

Key featuresPostmodernist central library of about 756,000 sq ft of work space, opened 1991.

Architect
Hammond, Beeby and Babka
Place
Chicago, United States
Year
1991
Typology
Library
Movement
Postmodernism
Region
Americas
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