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A library is not just a collection of books, but also the buildings that house them. From the great dome of the Library of Congress, to the white facade of the Seinäjoki Library in Finland, the architecture of a library is a symbol of its time as well as of its builders' wealth, culture, and learning.… (més)
This is a beautiful showing the history of the larege nd relly gorgeous librries of the world, but stressing Western Europe. It takes from early building ruins, through the age of fewer books and kept secret or locked up in some way, to the current openness. The large beautiful reading rooms with decorated ceilings surrounded by an oustanding supply of well bound reference books seems out of our ordinary appreciation. But these places still do exist, but usually in the large cities, well-established universities and religious citadels. These are the places of cavernous stacks and overstuffed balconies. This book is a welcome addition to any bibliophile's own library ( )
A stunningly beautiful pictorial & authoritative architectural history of over eighty of the world's libraries. I love books and I love libraries! What a fabulous $75.00 Christmas gift of this year 2015 given to me by my sister Tina and her husband Stephen! ( )
It covers the history of the library from ancient times to the very present. While the majority of the focus is on Continental Europe and England there are a number of Asian and American examples included as well. ( )
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This book is dedicated to the memory of our fathers, who we think might have liked it, and to our sons, who we hope in time may come to enjoy libraries as much as we do.
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Introduction - Libraries can be much more than simply places to store books.
Lost Beginnings - Books are written by the living for the living, but as time passes a library inevitably becomes the repository of the thoughts and conversations of the dead talking to the dead.
Preface - The idea for this book first occurred to me when, as an architecture student, I wrote a dissertation aout the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford. - James W. P. Cambell
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As long as humankind continues to value these activities, it will continue to build places to house them. Whether they will involve books or will still be called libraries, only time will tell.
[Preface] I hope that the result will provide an entertaining introduction not just for those interested in the history of libraries and the development of architecture, but also for all those who love books and the beautiful spaces designed to house them.
[Introduction] A knowledge of why things wer built in a certain way is the first step in understanding how, or why, we might want to do it differently in the future.
A library is not just a collection of books, but also the buildings that house them. From the great dome of the Library of Congress, to the white facade of the Seinäjoki Library in Finland, the architecture of a library is a symbol of its time as well as of its builders' wealth, culture, and learning.
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