“Architect Rob Wellington Quigley’s new West Valley Branch Library is nothing short of brilliant.”
“It is everything that great public architecture ought to be: a blend of present and past, practicality and art, all tied together in a package of extraordinary wit, sensitivity and pleasure.”
“It’s a design that points the way to a distinctive architecture that captures the essence of our region: the balmy climate, the rich history, the creativity, the progressive lifestyles. And there’s not a cliché in sight.”
“If more buildings adopted this library’s approach, we would achieve a true architecture for Silicon Valley.”
"The reigning champion of local library architecture remains San José’s superbly realized West Valley Branch Library. Rob Quigley’s tour de force channels an appropriate liveliness with a reassuringly sunny, comfortable space."
“Its design may be rigorously economical, but it uses creativity and imagination lavishly.”
“The ingenuity in this small building’s design stands as a model that we ought to see across the valley. Quigley is one of the most daring and thoughtful of current California architects exploring these themes in a wide range of buildings. His forms and materials and shapes are drawn from California’s vernacular, natural and cultural landscapes, and they are rendered by a sensitivity to line and proportion.”
“The Sun Field Station is a subtle and carefully modulated design. It does not boast. The design must juggle many conflicting factors, including its green elements, its site and its research and education functions. It could have been a mish-mash. But the architect steers the complicated design to a fundamental clarity.”