Libraries – A Design Manual
Libraries – A Design Manual
$57.99
Lushington, Nola + Wolfgang Rudorf, Liliane Wang
Birkhauser 2019
SKU: S02304
Libraries as a building type have been subjected to substantial changes. The typology was reinvented completely, reflecting a development from elitist temple of learning to a public living room. Today, the ubiquity of electronic media needs to be taken into account by the designer: every new library has areas without any books. This work of reference explains systematically all technological requirements of library design. Special features such as RFID, acoustics or load-bearing issues are explained in texts by experts from architecture and library science. Finally, 34 best-practice case studies are documented extensively. They are organized in four categories – national libraries, large public libraries, small public libraries, university libraries – and comprise many high-profile examples.
PB/ 264pp,
