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Libraries: A Design Manual
Nolan Lushington
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Description for Libraries: A Design Manual
Hardcover. BIC Classification: AM. .
Libraries as a building type have been subjected to substantial changes in particular in the past ten years. Milestones such as Rem Koolhaas' Seattle Central Library from 2004 reinvented the typology completely and reflected a development from elitist temple of learning to a public living room. Hybrids between library and department store or theater were conceived. Today, the ubiquity of electronic devices and media needs to be taken into account by the designer: every new library has areas without any books now. This work of reference explains systematically all technological and planning requirements of library design. Special features such as ... Read more
Libraries as a building type have been subjected to substantial changes in particular in the past ten years. Milestones such as Rem Koolhaas' Seattle Central Library from 2004 reinvented the typology completely and reflected a development from elitist temple of learning to a public living room. Hybrids between library and department store or theater were conceived. Today, the ubiquity of electronic devices and media needs to be taken into account by the designer: every new library has areas without any books now. This work of reference explains systematically all technological and planning requirements of library design. Special features such as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Birkhauser
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783034608275
SKU
V9783034608275
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Nolan Lushington
Nolan Lushington, Hartford, CT, USA Prof. Wolfgang Rudorf, RISD, Providence, USA Prof. Liliane Wong, RISD, Providence, USA
Reviews for Libraries: A Design Manual
[...] if you need to cram up on library design, for whatever reason, this book would be an ideal starting point. The book itself is beautifully presented and is a halfway house between a technical manual and a coffee-table book with some gorgeous illustrations of modern md historic libraries. Ayub Khan in: Information Professional Dec-Jan 2017/2018, 43