About Brookdale Library
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Brookdale Library Building first opened 1981 with 31,155 sq ft Renovation Completed May 2004, Size: 53,155 sq ft Architect: Buetow & Assoc., Loren Abraham, Architect, Project Manager Contractor: Shaw-Lundquist Interior Design: E-Design Budget: $19,000,000 Collection: 150,000 items Art Northern Cascade sculpture in Rotunda: Ray King 11.4 ft w 21.6 ft h suspended 16.3 ft from the ground. Approx. 480 glass discs laminated with diachronic coated glass that changes color--from turquoise blue to magenta to gold--depending on the orientation of the viewer. Jungle Animals Climbing sculpture in Children’s Area: Christopher Tully 32 ft. high, 15 ft wide, 13 ft deep. steel skeleton structure with Styrofoam-carved jungle animals covered in fiberglass (StarTribune article 7/31/05 B3) Readsalot the Dragon (20 ft. long) and Castle in Children’s Area: TivoliToo Computers 118 computers with free public access to the Internet Microsoft Word (38) and Microsoft Office (32) available on selected computers Awards and Publications 2004 "Hennepin County Brookdale Regional Center: Reimagining the Relationship Between Human Beings and Their Environment" Loren E. Abraham 2005 NaCo Achievement Award, The Brookdale Project 2005 American Libraries April issue. 2006 Heart of the Community: the libraries we love. Reference 027.4973H p.84-85
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