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An all-new interactive Digital Library from Vodafone and the British Library, giving the public free access to Shakespeare’s iconic classics through scanning QR codes on the spines of virtual books.
On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Vodafone and the British Library have made some of the earliest and rarest editions of Shakespeare’s plays available to all, allowing people to innovatively download the Bard’s most popular works from specially-designed wallpaper featuring virtual library bookshelves. The pop-up Digital Library will provide new access to free digital copies of the quartos by allowing people to simply scan the QR codes printed on the virtual books as the ‘Digital Library’ tours the UK from Edinburgh to Penzance from April 25th – 30th.
The performers from A. A. Gymnastics visited the library and put on a demonstration for the kids with exciting leaps, flips and tumbles.
The Ohio County Public Library under construction, Hempfield Yard site, looking southwest toward Center Wheeling, circa 1972.
The Wheeling Warehouse & Storage Company building on the left hand side in the background is now the Education Center for West Virginia Northern Community College. To the right, a tower for the old B&O Viaduct still stands and behind it, the Bus Terminal sign can be still be seen. Across the Chapline Street Bridge, the old Wheeling High School building is still standing as well.
- from the collections of the Ohio County Public Library Archives
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I love the MCAD library.
End of story.
I was there researching/writing a paper last night. Got it done pretty quick.
I love this section of the library, where they keep all the archived magazines, they're so colorful.
At Hughenden, the home of Benjamin Disraeli, who was the favourite Prime Minister of Queen Victoria.
In the great building “Vancouver public library “. I took this picture for somebody was reading. I like his look and his location. Any one went to this library for sure he'll love it. It's giving the people a beautiful experience it makes you feel that you are in second home. I love that place
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Something I vakue highly is our public library. I was going to try to get a photo of our hospital in Collingwood, but didn't have any excuse to drive there except for the photo, so thought I would make an environmentally correct decision. Regardless, I cannot conceive of a community without a library and am really happy we have one where I live.
A few shots of the basement of Birmingham Central Library, specifically the photo archives. Nikon crapped out so these are taken with my phone.
Her own little library. We are having the weirdest winter. Snow one day, 62 the next. The kids are happy to be outdoors either way.
Shields Library, UC Davis. I have wanted to draw a curvilinear perspective sketch for a while and this very flat roofed but interesting building, which I've never managed tio get a good angle of to sketch, was the perfect choice at lunchtime. I had a lot of fun with this one! I've made it look a bit like a baseball stadium.
This image is composed of 4 exposures (1 stop intervals) merged in Photomatix Pro, stitched and post processed using Nik Color Efex Pro 4 and Topaz plug-ins in CS6.
The BCCLS office celebrates our 75 member libraries' 35 years of outstanding service to their communities
Why do bookends appeal? Is it their decorativeness? Is it the fantasy they portray? Is it that they visualize the romance, adventure, history and knowledge found in books? Are they used to reflect our sense of style? Is it that they are in pairs? Perhaps it is all these reasons.
Bookends: another chapter is an exhibition at Mosman Library that showcases treasured bookends held in private collections. The exhibition, on display from Tuesday 12 April to Sunday 15 May 2011, is an opportunity to view some fantastic pieces dating from the 1920s to the 1980s.
LocHal Public Library
Tilburg, Netherlands
Discipline
Interior
Typology
Library, Adaptive/Reuse, Office/Research, Government/Civic
Size: 7,000 m2
Status: Completed
Project Design: 2016 - 2018
Project Realisation: 2018
Address: Burgemeester Brokxlaan 66 5041 RP Tilburg
Client: Midden-Brabant Library and Kunstloc Brabant
Design Team: CIVIC Architects, architectural design; Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau, restoration; Inside Outside in collaboration with the TextielMuseum, interior concept and textiles; Mecanoo, interior design library, labs and offices.
Programme: Mecanoo was responsible for the interior design of the Bibliotheek Midden-Brabant (including the various ‘laboratories’), Kunstloc Brabant and Brabant C in a former locomotive hall of the Dutch National Railways. The interior design comprises 7,000 m2 including 1,300 m2 of offices.
Awards: THE PLAN Award, Interior category, 2019; BNA Building of the Year’19, Liveability & Social Cohesion and the Public Vote Award, 2019; Dutch Design Awards, Habitat category, 2019; NRP Gulden Feniks Award, Category S, 2019; AZ Awards, Adaptive Re-Use, Award of Merit, 2019; Dezeen Awards, Rebirth project of the year, 2019; World Interiors News Awards (WIN Awards), Gold Winner, Learning category, 2019; INSIDE - World Festival of Interiors Award, Creative Re-use category, 2019; Beste Bibliotheek van Nederland 2020 Award; Herengracht Industrie Prijs 2021; shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2022.
Photography: Ossip Architectuurfotografie.
The LocHal is a new, world-class urban living room for Tilburg in an iconic former locomotive shed of the Dutch National Railways. It is located next to the station, in the heart of Tilburg’s new City Campus, and houses the Midden-Brabant Library, the cultural institutions Kunstloc and Brabant C and the co-working spaces of Seats2meet. The LocHal is a space for both young and old to read, learn, study, meet and gather. It is a place for testing, creating, exhibiting and presenting the latest innovations.
Mecanoo’s playful and innovative interior design forms striking contrasts by combining characteristic historical elements with new oak and steel additions. A colour palette of reds and oranges contributes to a warm atmosphere. There is a diversity of settings for meeting, collaboration, and concentrated work.
The eye-catcher is the city café featuring a bar with red, brown and gold ceramic tiles, crowned with a neon LocHal logo. Old tracks remain visible in the concrete floor, and are used to move three large wheeled “train” tables. A single table can become the extension of the bar or, when combined with another table, forms a stage with the stairs as a tribune. They can also be moved outside to form a stage for outdoor events. Full-height textile walls, designed by Inside Outside and the Textile Museum, soften the industrial hall. They conveniently divide the space into larger or smaller activity areas.Crossing the building is an interior street lined with historic industrial columns on which the old layers of paint are still visible. By fitting the columns with wooden tables and lighting, they are given a new lease of life as places for reading and studying. The street is flanked by bookcases and more inviting bookshop-style display units.
The nearby fairytale theme park Efteling is the source of inspiration for the children's library. Bookcases take on the form of coloured pencils or rulers. Children can walk through giant fairytale books, read at tables shaped like mobile phones or listen to storytelling sessions while lying on an open book. Even the sitting poufs have playful letters in the form of fairytale animals.
Braaksma & Roos and CIVIC architects carried out the architectural design and renovation. The stair landscape that Civic designed for the monumental LocHal takes you to the upper floors. With the flexible oak seating elements, everyone can ‘build’ their own meeting place or quiet working niche. The LocHal is not only a library but also a laboratory where visitors are challenged, gain new knowledge and learn about new innovations. Specially designed labs can be found throughout the building: the Digilab, GameLab, FutureLab, FoodLab, KennisMakerij (LearningLab), TijdLab (TimeLab), Stemmingmakerij (DialogueLab), WoordLab (WordLab) and workshop rooms.
This tiny library has served our small town well for over 130 years and is still used frequently for books, videos, and other media.
A brief history of the building is available on the town website.
As a reward for reading during the Summer, the library has a special event for the kids at the city pool with swimming and hot dogs!
Anythink Brighton (Rangeview Library District) is an award winning and progressive library district in Colorado.
Group3 Planners created the layout of the library and selected the furniture. Other project team members are Humphries Poli Architects and Wember, Inc.
Group3 Planners plans and designs libraries. Learn more about Group3 Planners and our other projects at www.group3planners.com
Photos by Group3 Planners
A man reads a questionnaire at the Gloucestershire County Library Roadshow, part of a consultation process before revised cuts to the county's libraries. It is a dreadful questionnaire of huge complexity, filled with loaded questions. Yet the man appears to be enjoying it.
ITV news coverage - www.itv.com/westcountry-east/library-consultation51821/
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Wright Library
Dayton, Ohio
Listed 12/24/2013
Reference Number: 13000981
Wright Memorial Public Library is being nominated under Criterion C for its architectural distinction as an excellent example of a Tudor or Jacobethan Revival style library designed by the local Dayton, Ohio, architecture firm of Schenck and Williams. Schenck and Williams were responsible for the designs of much of the civic architecture in Oakwood, which, in addition to the library, includes three public schools, the city administration building, and a large-scale apartment building, all in the Tudor or Jacobethan Revival style. They also designed a number of private houses in Oakwood, also in the Tudor style, as well as a number of office and other buildings for businesses and institutions in Dayton. Built in 1939, Wright Memorial Public Library is important as an extant example of the firm's work, and their ability to apply architectural conventions of a style to a variety of building types. A complete inventory of Schenck and Williams buildings does not exist; therefore, it is not known if this is their only library design. What is known is that Wright Memorial Public Library is a well-preserved example of a Tudor-styled library with its half-timbering, casement windows, Flemish bond brick work, a steeply-pitched slate-covered roof, multi-paned windows, large window bays, and stone decoration at doors, windows and gable ends, all prominent elements characteristic of the Tudor Revival style. In 1939, at the time of construction, the Tudor style was still a popular architecture choice. But the choice of Tudor architecture and the firm of Schenck and Williams are also representative ot he city of Oakwood's tradition of rewarding civic building designs to this well-respected firm and using their signature style.
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