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The Los Angeles Central Library
Kenneth Breisch
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Description for The Los Angeles Central Library
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 271 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1344.
In the most comprehensive investigation of the Los Angeles Public Library's early history and architectural genesis ever undertaken, Kenneth Breisch chronicles the institution's first six decades, from its founding as a private library association in 1872 through the completion of the iconic Central Library building in 1933. During this time, the library evolved from an elite organisation ensconced in two rooms on the second floor of a downtown LA commercial block into one of the largest public library systems in the United States-with architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue's building, a beloved LA landmark, as its centrepiece. Goodhue developed a new ... Read more
In the most comprehensive investigation of the Los Angeles Public Library's early history and architectural genesis ever undertaken, Kenneth Breisch chronicles the institution's first six decades, from its founding as a private library association in 1872 through the completion of the iconic Central Library building in 1933. During this time, the library evolved from an elite organisation ensconced in two rooms on the second floor of a downtown LA commercial block into one of the largest public library systems in the United States-with architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue's building, a beloved LA landmark, as its centrepiece. Goodhue developed a new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Santa Monica CA, United States
ISBN
9781606064900
SKU
V9781606064900
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Ref
99-11
About Kenneth Breisch
Kenneth A. Breisch is associate professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California.
Reviews for The Los Angeles Central Library
"With comprehensive notes and a wonderfully detailed and navigable index, this fine example of scholarship is comprehensive in its story of the growth of support for a public library in Los Angeles; of the evolution of early designs with a signature, central ribbed dome and tiled pyramid-topped tower; and of the sculpture and murals that make the building a true ... Read more