Central Library 10th Anniversary - Building the Central Library Panel Discussion, May 22
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.\n\nOpened May 23, 2004, the Central Library has won numerous awards, including being named Time magazine\u2019s \u201c2004 Building of the Year\u201d and being selected in 2005 by Cond\xe9 Nast Traveler magazine as one of \u201cthe new seven wonders of the world.\u201d The late New York Times architecture critic Herbert Muschamp described the Central Library as \u201ca blazing chandelier to swing your dreams upon\u201d and \u201cthe most exciting new building it has been my honor to review\u201d in more than 30 years of writing about architecture.\n\nIn 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\u2019s 13th Design Institute to discuss the evolution of library design.