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Public Library in San Juan Capistrano, California

1981-83
Michael Graves, architect

Michael Graves borrows ideas from local Spanish architecture for this one-story building:

  • Stucco walls
  • Mission clay roof tiles
  • Wooden beams,
  • Square towers
  • Small, deep windows
  • Stencil ornaments

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