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First stop on our tour of libraries in North Kent's Gravesend/Gravesham area. There is a lovely courtyard garden outside Higham library, and evidence of skilled craftspeople in the area, with a couple of beautifully worked wall hangings.
Lappia Hall, Administrative and Cultural Centre. A building designed by Alvar Aalto.
Rovaniemi (Finland).
Name: De Nieuwe Bibliotheek / Public Library
City: Almere
Architect(s): Meyer & van Schooten (MVSA)
Completion: 2010
The wedge-shaped of Almere’s new public library site occupies a prominent position next to the town hall, with its apex on Town Hall Square. The block accommodates several different functions. The Diagonaal frontage is lined by retail spaces, on Wandellaan there are 30 apartments, while the southwest corner contains a strategic reserve of over 2000 m² for the library. The principal element of the block is the public library. Although the welcoming main entrance lies on the square, the library is emphatically present on all sides of the block.
The library is succession of spaces which together form a route some 400 metres in length. An escalator near the entrance carries visitors up to the first of a series of ascending terrace floors which bring them to the second floor. On the second floor the route continues via an escalator to the study centre on the fourth floor or to the auditorium.
The building has a figure of eight ground plan and the combination of several loops gives the library its clarity and flexibility. Large light wells make for an inviting and lucid interior. Glass walls throughout maintain contact with the outside world, while the light wells and the garden provide contact between the different parts of the building. While the apartments are a clearly distinguishable element, they are nonetheless an integral part of the whole.
Text: www.meyer-vanschooten.nl
My internet was down all weekend and I had concepts due for shoots, so I researched the old fashioned way.
Had the chance to use a meeting room at the local library. Very nice space, warm inviting, wireless access :-). While one level is traditional "library", the lower level is set up as collaborative spaces, technology access and active and engaged (my pics for that area did not convey the feeling). The young adult section is set up traditionally. Wonder what that means?
This was the shot I intended to use: www.flickr.com/photos/konarheim/8358756577/in/photostream/ because of the sight line and vanishing points - but this one drew my attention to the shelf on the end with the sunlight. Hard to pick just one when nothing "wow" results.
I'm not sure excatly where this place was. We were on our trip from Stavanger to Kristiansand and we found a small village where you only were allowed to enter by foot. There we found this little nice library on the house side.
‘The British Library’ by Yinka Shonibare MBE is a celebration of the diversity of the British population. This presentation has transformed the entrance of Turner Contemporary into a place of discovery and debate. It consists of an installation of thousands of books covered in the artist’s signature material: batik Dutch wax printed cotton textile. On the spines of many of these books are printed the names of notable first and second generation immigrants and incoming migrants to Britain who have moved here throughout history. These names include Winston Churchill, Prince Philip and Dame Helen Mirren. These immigrants and incoming migrants have all made a significant contribution to aspects of British life and culture, from science to music, art, cinema and literature. Other books feature names of prominent figures who have opposed immigration at various times.
After converting the old library/office into a family/game room, the new library now resides at one end of the great room, with the study just around the corner.
We went into the Chicago Cultural Center. It is the old Chicago Public Library. The ornate detail was mind boggling! We trudged up a few floors and spotted this elaborately adorned staircase. I split my photo and created a mirror image, then cropped it.
The view from the second floor observation area overlooking the Thomas Jefferson Library in Washington D.C.