Glendale Central Library

Glendale, CA, USA. Welton Becket & Associates.

Completed 1973. Shot February 2025.

Maybe the best street presence of any of the buildings I've visited for this project. Feels huge and impressive but still perfectly at home in the neighbourhood. (In a rare W for US brutalism, this library got a very respectful restoration in 2018. The two small wooden vestibules front and back are the only noticeable visual changes to the building's exterior.)