Contemporary library architecture : a planning and design guide /

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Focusing on the practical issues which need to be addressed by anyone involved in library design, here Ken Worpole offers his renowned expertise to architects, planners, library professionals, students, local government officers and members interested in creating and sustaining successful library bu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Worpole, Ken
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.
Subjects:
Library architecture.
Library buildings > Design and construction.
Architecture des bibliothèques.
libraries (buildings)
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
Library architecture
Library buildings > Design and construction
Bibliotheksbau
Planung
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A city with a great library is a great city
  • Libraries : the 'sacred' spaces of modernity
  • What you see is what you get? : key aspects of library
  • A new wave of library architecture
  • Developing the brief and establishing a project management team
  • Places and partners
  • Programme and people : the changing library programme
  • A vital space for children and young people
  • Public library case studies : Barcelona; Bournemouth; Brighton; Canada Water; Cardiff; Dagenham; Ewell; Glasgow Bridge; Hook; Huntingdon; Newcastle; Norwich; Whitechapel; Winchester
  • Academic library case studies : Aberdeen University; Cranfield University; Sheffield University, Commons; Sheffield University, Western Library; Surrey University
  • Lessons from the case studies and post-occupancy evaluation
  • 21st century libraries : changing forms, changing functions.

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