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Worpole, Ken.

Contemporary library architecture a planning and design guide / [electronic resource] : Ken Worpole. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013. - xiv, 197 p. : ill. (chiefly col.).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ch. 1. A city with a great library is a great city -- ch. 2. Libraries : the 'sacred' spaces of modernity -- ch. 3. What you see is what you get : key elements of library architecture -- ch. 4. A new wave of library architecture -- ch. 5. Developing the brief and establishing a project management team -- ch. 6. Places and partners -- ch. 7. Programmes and people : the changing library programme -- ch. 8. A vital space for children and young people -- ch. 9. Public library case studies -- ch. 10. Academic library case studies -- ch. 11. Lessons from the case studies and post-occupancy evaluation -- ch. 12. Twenty-first century libraries : changing forms, changing functions.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203584033 (e-book : PDF)


Library architecture.
Library buildings--Design and construction.


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