Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park

The Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park, where Alexander Calder's The Eagle soars over the waters of Puget Sound, Roxy Paine's Split glistens in the rain, and Richard Serra's Wake beckons visitors to walk among its towering forms, stands out as an exemplary civic project: an urban park filled with iconic art, free and open to all. Featuring five site-specific works from artists including Teresita Fernández and Louise Bourgeois, its inspired design, by Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, transformed an abandoned brownfield into a dynamic green space. Seamlessly uniting art, urban infrastructure, and ecology, it captures the unique char- acter of the Pacific Northwest and the majestic Olympic Mountains. Using the park as a model for creating innovative civic spaces through public-private partnerships, this stunning book is a vital resource for museum professionals, architects, urban planners, students, and art lovers, bringing Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park to global audiences.