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Slate enhances California library: selected for its texture and warm colors, slate from Echeguren Slate, Inc. was recently implemented into the newly designed San Jose Public Library--Pearl Avenue Branch.(Focus on Slate)

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The new San Jose Public Library -- Pearl Avenue Branch in San Jose, CA, includes the use of local slate from Echeguren Slate, Inc. of San Francisco, CA, and the material played an integral role in the design of the facility. One main project goal was to double the size of the original library--which was built in 1971--bringing it from 7,116 square feet to 14,000 square feet of space. Another objective was to give the space the feel of an attractive bookstore, and Krista Nelson, AIA, and Pamela Anderson- Brule, AIA, of Anderson Brule Architects of San Jose, CA, was responsible for the design.

Nelson explained that another important goal was to ...

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