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Liora Halperin

Architects who don’t consider the need for future maintenance (and cities that hire them) should be cursed. “Some of the building’s air-handling units were essentially built into the structure. They’re aging…but they won’t fit through any doorways so replacing them will mean tearing down a wall.”

Seattle’s infrastructure needs billions in repair. The library is just the startThe city estimates it needs about $6 billion for maintenance and new construction. Seattle City Light needs more. But one of the most dramatic examples is a landmark.www.seattletimes.com
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Liora Halperin

“In fact, nearly all of the library’s 10,000 windows need to be replaced. To do so, each will need to be custom fit by the one company in Italy that produced them in the first place and will cost an average of $30,000 — about $300 million for the building.”

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Liora Halperin

Re how many geniuses & light bulbs: “The light bulbs in the main room are so high that staff need to bring in a specialized lift to replace them. But the original floor, which is raised to hold the building’s heat and ac, couldn’t support the weight, so they had to reengineer from the ground up.”