San Francisco Public Library, Visitacion Valley Branch

The Shape of Things: Full Circle, a sculpture by Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector, hangs from the central dome of the Visitacion Valley Branch. It is made of interlocking steel hoops and recycled bicycle gears.

New Construction
Architect: San Francisco Department of Public Works Bureau of Architecture
Size: 9,945 sq. ft.
Cost: $13.4 million
Photo: Michael Kromat