Joshua Prince-Ramus: Designing the Seattle Central Library

With beautiful visualizations, architect Joshua Prince-Ramus deconstructs the collaborative process of building the Seattle Public Library, hailed by critics as one of the masterpieces of contemporary architecture. Watch the YouTube video above [20:43] http://www.ted.com With beautiful visualizations, architect Joshua Prince-Ramus deconstructs the collaborative process of building the Seattle Public Library, hailed by critics as one of the masterpieces of contemporary architecture. He also offers a sneak preview of his works in progress (The Wyly Theater in Dallas and Museum Plaza in Louisville, Kentucky). Prince-Ramus is principal of REX (Ramus-Ella Architects), and was previously U.S. Director of Rem Koolhaas's Office of Metropolitan Architecture. (Recorded February, 2006 at the TED Conference in Monterey, CA.) More TEDTalks at www.TED.c