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Author : Colin St. John Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (651 download)
Download or read book The Design and Construction of the British Library written by Colin St. John Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger Stonehouse
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 113580396X
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)
Download or read book The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras written by Roger Stonehouse and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series of interrelated essays, this book describes the British Library and the issues surrounding its design, construction, purpose and place in the architectural canon. Examining the experience of the building together with its form, these essays explore the ideas and aspirations behind its conception and its construction, offering insight into this striking, controversial, and stimulating building. For artists, architects and building professionals interested in the current debates concerning architecture and our culture, The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras is a stimulating read.
Author : Kenneth L. Kolson
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801877308
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (773 download)
Download or read book Big Plans written by Kenneth L. Kolson and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-11-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life. The author explores the part serendipity plays in urban experience.
Author : Colin St. John Wilson
Publisher : Scala Books
ISBN 13 : 9781857594447
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (944 download)
Download or read book The British Library written by Colin St. John Wilson and published by Scala Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Library at St Pancras opened to the public in April 1998 and no other project in Britain since the building of St Paul s Cathedral is comparable in time-scale or the magnitude of controversy surrounding it. Professor Sir Colin St John Wilson
Author : Sarah Menin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429856121
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)
Download or read book An Architecture of Invitation written by Sarah Menin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2005, An Architecture of invitation: Colin St John Wilson is a distinctive study of the life and architectural career of one of the most significant makers, theorists and teachers of architecture to have emerged in England in the second half of the twentieth century. Exceptionally in an architectural study, this book interweaves biography, critical analysis of the projects, and theory, in its aims of explicating the richness of Wilson’s body of work, thought and teaching. Drawing on the specialisms of its authors, it also examines the creative and psychological impulses that have informed the making of the work – an oeuvre whose experiential depth is recognised by both users and critics.
Author : J.H. Bowman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351954555
Total Pages : 685 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book British Librarianship and Information Work 1991–2000 written by J.H. Bowman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important reference volume covers developments in almost every aspect of British library and information work during the ten-year period 1991-2000. Some forty contributors, all of whom are experts in their subject, provide a robust overview of their specialities along with extensive further references which act as a starting point for further research. The book provides a comprehensive record of what took place in library and information management during a decade of considerable change and challenges. It is an essential reference resource for librarians and information professionals.
Author : Brian Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136437983
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Libraries and Learning Resource Centres written by Brian Edwards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-06-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libraries and Learning Resource Centres is a comprehensive reference text examining the changing role and design of library buildings. Critical evaluations of international case studies demonstrate the principles of library design. Available for the first time in full colour, the second edition of the work focuses particularly on the important question of access and design in public libraries. Updated case studies and technical data allow the professional architect to use the book directly in planning library projects. Providing guidance on balancing the needs of the collection and the user, Libraries and Learning Resource Centres will be of value to all professional architects involved in library planning.
Author : Philip Parker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780712352994
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (529 download)
Download or read book The Magnificent Maps Puzzle Book written by Philip Parker and published by . This book was released on 2020-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Library has one of the largest and most impressive cartographic collections in the world, including manuscript maps and atlases, administrative records and plans, large-scale surveys, and digital maps. From this rich resource, 100 fascinating examples ranging from world and city maps, celestial and sea charts, literary and statistical maps, curiosities and fake maps have been selected as the basis for this puzzle book. Each map is faithfully reproduced with a description of its creation and use, followed by details showing areas of particular interest. Readers are asked to scrutinize the maps to answer a series of historical and geographical questions, all the while enjoying new perspectives on the world we live in provided by our eclectic and extensive archive.
Author : Dept. of Special Collections of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402016868
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (168 download)
Download or read book Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries written by Dept. of Special Collections of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-12-31 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries aims at recording articles of scholarly value which relate to the history of the printed book, to the history of arts, crafts, techniques and equipment, and of the economic social and cultural environment, involved in its production, distribution, conservation and description.
Author : Roger Stonehouse
Publisher : Black Dog Architecture
ISBN 13 : 9781904772705
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (727 download)
Download or read book Colin St John Wilson written by Roger Stonehouse and published by Black Dog Architecture. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colin St John Wilson: Buildings and Projects is the definitive monograph on Sir Colin St John Wilson, one of the most important British architects of the second half of twentieth century. The book coincides with and celebrates St John Wilson's 85th birthday, spanning projects from throughout his career, from early works, to perhaps his most celebrated building, the British Library in London and its extension to his current project, the masterplanning of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. St John Wilson's peers include the likes of Reyner Banham, Philip Johnson and Louis Kahn, and he is one of the few living architects to have befriended both Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto. St John Wilson is also recognised as a leading theorist and teacher. Colin St John Wilson: Buidings and Projects presents detailed, newly commissioned scale drawings of all of St John Wilson's major work. This 496 page hardback book is beautifully illustrated with over 450 colour and black and white illustrations. Fascinating texts by respected architects and writers including Professor Roger Stonehouse and Eric Parry fully elucidate St John Wilson's contribution to modern architecture. St John Wilson himself contributes an essay on the making, writing and teaching of architecture. This erudite, comprehensive publication is the perfect companion to Black Dog Publishing's re-issue of St John Wilson's seminal The Other Tradition of Modern Architecture: The Uncompleted Project.
Author : Michael Leapman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Book of the British Library written by Michael Leapman and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As well as holding some of the world's most prized cultural treasures, the British Library is the repository of the nation's collective memory. Owing its origin to the generosity and far-sightedness of a handful of 18th-century scholars and booklovers, and built up over 250 years, the Library's very extensive collections--of books, manuscripts, maps, music, newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, stamps, and digital media--offer keys to the understanding of human achievement in literature, art, music, politics, journalism, exploration, and much else, from ancient times to the present day. In this highly illustrated book, Michael Leapman tells the Library's story, highlighting the most significant and beautiful items in its care, as well as exploring some of the lesser known, more surprising artifacts housed in its iconic building in the heart of London.
Author : British Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780712348447
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (484 download)
Download or read book Treasures of the British Library written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the great collections of The British Library. Illustrated throughout in colour, it is an introduction to some of the world's most magnificent books and manuscripts, from The Lindisfarne Gospels to Magna Carta, The Diamond Sutra and The Gutenberg Bible.
Author : Lawrence Goldman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199671540
Total Pages : 1253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008 written by Lawrence Goldman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 1253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, drawn from the award-winning online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, tells the story of our recent past through the lives of those who shaped national life.
Author : Images Publishing Group
Publisher : Images Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781864700176
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (1 download)
Download or read book International Architecture Yearbook No.5 written by Images Publishing Group and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its fifth year, the International Architectural Yearbook has gained recognition throughout the world as a valuable resource: a review of a selection of the finest architectural projects worldwide. A highly stringent selection process has been implemented to include the most deserving projects built over the past year.
Author : Biddy Fisher
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136387722
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)
Download or read book Libraries and Learning Resource Centres written by Biddy Fisher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference examines the changing role and design of library buildings, using a critical examination of recent examples from around the world. The authors, who represent the views of the architect and the client, outline the history and changing typology of the library. They examine the new national, public, academic and specialist libraries using numerous international examples including Sri Lanka, Vancouver, Johannesburg, Paris and London. New design advice and technical data is presented to illustrate the many approaches that designers have taken in creating a building with many diverse functions. The book concludes with speculations about the future of the library as a place for storing, reflecting upon and exchanging knowledge. Libraries are undergoing fundamental change as new technology liberates the library from its dependence upon the written word. Increasingly libraries are seen as learning resource centres with a smooth interface between computer-based access and traditional book and journal material.
Author : British Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books, 1986 to 1987 written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568988320
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Library Book, The: Design Collaborations in the Public Schools written by Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's often said a child's lifelong love of reading begins at home. But declining literacy rates among the nation's public elementary school students suggests this maxim needs revision. For reading to become an everyday habit, it needs to be nurtured in a home of its own. Fortunately, there is space available inside most elementary schools. At just 5 percent of a school's total real estate, the school library is the most powerful and efficient way to reach 100 percent of the student body. But far too many of the nation's public school libraries lack even the most basic resources to support learning and encourage achievement. The nonprofit L!brary Initiative, created by the Robin Hood Foundation, has been working since 2001 to enhance student literacy and overall academic achievement by collaborating with school districts to design, build, equip, and staff new elementary school libraries. The L!brary Book takes readers behind the scenes of fifty groundbreaking library projects to show how widely varied fields and communities—corporate underwriters, children's book publishers, architects, graphic designers, product manufacturers, library associations, teachers, and students—can join forces to make a difference in the lives of children. Based on the premise that good library design can actually inspire learning, the L!brary Initiative brings together some of the world's leading architects to reimagine the elementary school libraries in New York City—the nation's largest public school system. Working on a pro bono basis, architecture firms—including 1100 Architects, Weiss/Manfredi Architects, Della Valle Bernheimer, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, and Dean/Wolf Architects—have in just eight years built or transformed more than fifty libraries into vital resources for the whole school community. These libraries—both beautiful learning spaces and innovative architecture—feature a wide range of design solutions, including creative uses of space, color, lighting, and furniture. Author and former L!brary Initiative director Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi documents every project with beautiful photos as well as renderings and measured drawings. The L!brary Book concludes with the chapter How to Make a Library which shows how community organizers and architects can pursue similar initiatives in their own communities.
