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The New Downtown Library
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Author : Shannon Christine Mattern
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2007
The New Downtown Library written by Shannon Christine Mattern and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The past twenty years have seen a building boom for downtown public libraries. From Brooklyn to Seattle, architects, civic leaders, and citizens in major U.S. cities have worked to reassert the relevance of the central library. While the libraries’ primary functions—as public spaces where information is gathered, organized, preserved, and made available for use—have not changed over the years, the processes by which they accomplish these goals have. These new processes, and the public debates surrounding them, have radically influenced the utility and design of new library buildings. In The New Downtown Library, Shannon Mattern draws on a diverse range of sources to investigate how libraries serve as multiuse public spaces, anchors in urban redevelopment, civic icons, and showcases of renowned architects like Rem Koolhaas, Cesar Pelli, and Enrique Norton. Mattern’s clear and careful analysis reveals the complexity of contemporary dialogues in library design, highlighting the roles that staff, the public, and other special interest groups play. Mattern also describes how the libraries manifest changing demographics, new ways of organizing collections and delivering media, and current philosophies of librarianship. By identifying unifying themes as well as examining the differences among various design projects, Mattern brings to light the social forces, as well as their architectural expressions, that form the essence of new libraries and their vital place in public life. Featured libraries are located in Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Francisco, Seattle, and Toledo. Shannon Mattern is assistant professor of media studies and film at The New School.
The Urban Library
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Author : Julia Nevárez
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-12-04
The Urban Library written by Julia Nevárez and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-04 with Political Science categories.
This book examines the role, history and function of public libraries in contemporary societies as motors that drive development. It analyses through case studies, how contemporary libraries have been redesigned to offer a new kind of public space while also reshaping neglected areas in cities. Broadly understood the book seeks to comprehend contemporary library design, urban development and the revitalization of specific urban areas. Important and world famous architects – star-architects – have designed signature architecture in the contemporary libraries selected for this volume. The examples to be showcased in the book include the main Seattle Public Library, Salt Lake City Public Library, New York Public Library, Spain Library Medellin, Colombia, Halifax Central Library Nova Scotia, Canada and Library of Alexandria in Egypt to offer examples of what constitute the approach to libraries and urban development in many cities around the world nowadays. Data in the form of interviews to library directors, librarians and users, tours of libraries, visual documentation and archival research have been collected for most public libraries included as case studies for the book. The impulse to archive has been framed and understood in the literature as a modern desire to control fleeting reality. Libraries as such respond to this desire by collecting, storing and circulating resources (books and other kinds of media). But more recently there has been an emphasis on the public character of library spaces in which people gather not only to obtain information and read by themselves but also to experience the very urban quality of proximity to others in more informal and less structured environments as public space. Community events characterize the programming of all the libraries included in the book. The design of these new libraries fit into urban development initiatives where libraries – like other iconic cultural spaces of cities – become central components to market cities for the consumption of culture. Libraries become sites to be visited and explored by tourists while providing services for residents. They are also machines to accelerate urban development especially in areas previously neglected by development.
The New Public Library
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Author : R. Thomas Hille
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-12-07
The New Public Library written by R. Thomas Hille and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-07 with Architecture categories.
The New Public Library is an in-depth design study of an exemplary collection of recent public libraries, and the historical precedents that have informed and inspired their development. An introductory overview presents seven critical themes that characterize public library design, past and present, highlighting the expressive architectural potential of this unique and important building type. A survey of over 40 historically significant libraries traces the development of the building type over time, with a primary focus on precedents from the US and northern Europe, where the modern public library originated, and its design has been most comprehensively developed. A selection of nearly 50 contemporary projects from the past 30 years focuses on the most current developments in public library design, with a diverse and varied collection of work by over 35 regional, national, and international design firms. Highly visual in its presentation, the study includes 885 color photographs and illustrations, and 195 scale drawings.
Handbook Of The New Public Library In Boston
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Author : Herbert Small
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
Handbook Of The New Public Library In Boston written by Herbert Small and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Public libraries categories.
Public Places Info Spaces
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Author : Shannon Christine Mattern
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Public Places Info Spaces written by Shannon Christine Mattern and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Libraries and metropolitan areas categories.
Despite digitization, suburbanization, privatization, and other forces blamed for eroding the urban public realm, America's public library buildings have reasserted their relevance, reinventing themselves in bold new forms. Inside and outside, the buildings manifest the impact of new demographics, new ways of organizing collections and interacting with media, new philosophies of librarianship, and a host of other social dynamics. Mattern explores the processes behind the creation of the new downtown "destination" library, both the forms and functions of the buildings, and how they shape the library experience for a diversity of users.
Handbook Of The New Public Library In Boston Compiled By Herbert Small W Contributions By C Howard Walker Lindsay Swift
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Author : Herbert Small
language : en
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Release Date : 1895
Handbook Of The New Public Library In Boston Compiled By Herbert Small W Contributions By C Howard Walker Lindsay Swift written by Herbert Small and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with categories.
Handbook Of The New Public Library In Boston
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Release Date : 1895
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A Library Story
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Author : Jennifer Vogel
language : en
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Release Date : 2007-01-01
A Library Story written by Jennifer Vogel and has been published by Millbrook Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Gives a history of the public libraries in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and describes the steps and work done to design and build the new Central Library in the city over the period from 2000 to 2006.
New Public Library Buildings
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Author : Karl Nyren
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
New Public Library Buildings written by Karl Nyren and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Architecture categories.
Handbook Of The New Public Library In Boston
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Author : Boston Public Library
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2018-03-02
Handbook Of The New Public Library In Boston written by Boston Public Library and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-02 with History categories.
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