Libraries

Author: Kramer Wetzel Published: December 17, 2008

A web-zine’s look at cool libraries. In South Texas, there’s one. Visually striking and quite colorful, too.

Did they miss San Antonio’s downtown Public Library?

About the author: Born and raised in a small town in East Texas, Kramer Wetzel spent years honing his craft in a trailer park in South Austin. He hates writing about himself in third person. More at KramerWetzel.com.

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ssmith04 Dec 17, 2008 @ 8:46

Thanks for the links. Dazzling though the blob was more on the repulsive side, don’t you think? Too bad they left out San Antonio’s. Unusual.

Kramer Dec 17, 2008 @ 10:40

The architecture is called, I may have this wrong but, I think, it’s “Mexican Modern,” which emphasizes bold lines and bright colors. The library, City Nap and the Museo Alameda, all examples, I think, of the influence(s).

ssmith04 Dec 20, 2008 @ 19:22

I like bold, bright colors and clean lines, but that shade of yellow…my mother used to have an unprintable adjective to describe it. OTOH, I like the library.