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The main building of the National Library contains some of the finest examples of Finnish architecture. It was built in 1845 by Carl Ludvig Engel in the Empire style after the university and library were moved from Turku to Helsinki. The exterior has a golden yellow color, Corinthian columns and a green dome. The interior is decorated with classical statues, paintings and marble..
When Robert McHenry's son Oramil passed away in 1906, he bequeathed three lots and $20,000 in downtown Modesto to the city for erecting a library. This neoclassical building was built in 1911 and became the main library for the city until the 1970s.
Modesto, California
The library at Basildon Park house, the setting of many scenes in the Downton Abbey Christmas special apparently.
April 2014
Projecting windows on T S Eliot House, by Haworth Tompkins architects, which forms the new extension to the London Library.
Hazel and I went to the community library for story time while she visited this weekend. She was the only one in attendance. Heard a fun story and did a craft. We love libraries!
This is my pastiche of what a Buzzfeed aimed at Librarians might look like.
www.ned-potter.com/blog/i-just-mocked-up-a-buzzfeeduk-lib...
The Library of Celsus is Ephesus's best known landmark, owing to the remarkable preservation of it's facade which, having collapsed at some point in the Middle Ages was meticulously pieced back together and re-erected in the late1970s (with a concealed stell frame to protect against further earthquake damage).
Ephesus is justly famed as one of the finest ancient Roman sites anywhere. The ruins of the city are extensive with many impressive monuments to amaze the visitor (that have often been partially reassembled to give an indication of their former glory and context).
Unfortunately the fame and popularity of the site means that, unlike most of the classical sites we visited elsewhere, it is constantly crowded with tourists. However the city has always attracted visitors, and among those who spent time here centuries ago were St Paul and St John (and possibly Mary herself if one believes in the authenticity of her nearby residence).
You know you've been a townie for a long time when… you realize the "new" addition to the public library is 25 years old.
The proposal to replace the downtown library that voters turned down in 2012 might have been over-ambitious. But I've always been slightly bothered by the way the square bricks look on the top floors added in 1991. Visually they just seem "heavier" than the normal-sized brick of the 1974 east wing underneath. It's also a little weird that they protrude about 1/4" further out.
The opening of Rochdale's new Library was celebrated by all sorts of interesting people. But here are decorative art works in the children's and story-telling area.
Some of the uglier buildings will be hidden when the trees are leaved.
The figure on the Hall of Memory in Birmingham seems to contemplate, with horror, the rise of the new Birmingham Central library. This particular bronze commemorates the air force.
another roombox made with contributions from the Miniature Collector's Club library swap. Some of the items were made by people from the MCC club including Linda Austin, Jeanne Guest, Pat Woodby, Nikki Bradley, Pam Tinney, Rusty, Lisa Thompson,Dianne Collette, Lorraine Johnston, Cher Blank, Brigette Brackett, Gilda Pafford, Margaret Rogers, Paty Cranford, Luba Barnes, Norma Guertin, JoAnne Mason, Leslie Zeigler, Cleacia Birkett and Pauline C. The roombox is in a beautiful leather case. Many of the books are printables. Most of the trophies are made from sculpey.
Anythink Libraries wanted to remodel their Washington Branch. In this case they were looking for a 3-5 year solution, knowing that there was the possibility of relocating this branch library in the near future. The budget was modest for construction. We were encouraged to reuse what we could and new items were purchase with the intent of moving with the library.
By doing the following we were able to open up the floor plan, exposing the whole library to natural light and outside views.
•Split up the functions of the one circulation desk into two smaller staff pods.
•Relocate the community room to the first floor
•Relocate the staff area to the first floor
•Removing all interior walls in the library, exposing exterior windows
•Weeding the collection allowed for lower stack heights
•Using the elevator lobby for the self check units
•Purchasing new multi-use furniture scaled to the size of a smaller library.
New carpet and paint added to the package. Anythink brought in their branding to make this library feel and function as their new libraries.
Group3 Planners created the layout of the library, interior design, construction documents, and selected the furniture.
Group3 Planners plans and designs libraries. Learn more about Group3 Planners and our other projects at www.group3planners.com
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Stanford University campus.
One of the two entrances to Green library. This is the "Bing Wing," which is usually used to run exhibits. The current exhibit shows some of the documents of the founding fathers, including a couple of (early) versions of John Hancock's signature.
Got a little sloppy with this photo, too - I was concentrating so much on the bench and the roof tops that I missed seeing the branch right in front of me was obstructing too much of the building. After uploading to flickr, I was thinking of deleting it, but in the end, decided to leave it in as part of the set, and as a reminder to myself to replace it with a better shot one of these days.
Nikon D700 + Leica Elmarit-R 19mm f/2.8 with Leitax mount
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For information about using this Leica lens with Nikon cameras, please see this link. I have also created a new set called Leica 19mm Elmarit-R, to which I will keep adding new photos taken with this lens that I upload to flickr.
Public Library, Southborough, MA. Restocking the shelves in the children's room after the July flood.
Where you like to work on group projects - Library
Why is it a good place for group work? Lots of research at out use and great place to compile all of it
By renowned practice Bradshaw, Gass and Hope, 1929-32. Rebuilt after war damage. Contemporary inter-war classical complex on wedge shaped site, consisting of D-plan Library and Registrar's Office with straight front to road, small Porter's Lodge to side and free-standing rectangular-plan Theatre (formerly Town Hall) to rear with curving colonnade corresponding to Library.
Cream sandstone ashlar. Oval portico in antis with Roman Doric screen and Town crest in cartouche supported by swag above cornice; octagonal lantern. Original glazed revolving door in timber case with pair of panelled leaves; fluted Ionic pilasters with dentilled cornice and anthemion frieze and cresting; plate glass fanlight with wrought-iron fleur-de-lys grille.
This extensive inter-war classical composition is set tightly on a prominent corner site and it is a major example of this building type for the period. It was a prominent public commission by a successful English practice (Bolton) who came to specialise in Methodist churches and civic complexes during the inter-war period. Bradshaw Gass and Hope's extraordinary output is comparable to that of Vincent Harris, with commissions for other civic complexes won at Wimbledon, Stratford, Lewisham, Luton and Chesterfield. The practice was responsible for the reconstruction after it was bomb-damaged in WW2.
Built on the site of North Leith Manse as a condition of Leith's final incorporation with Edinburgh.
Sadly, this sweet building is coming down soon to make way for a larger library - read all about it here:
The Lord Mayor of Dublin OisÃn Quinn opened Ballyfermot's newly refurbished state of the art library in Ballyfermot. The new community library features a colourful new layout with bright and spacious facilities for the people of Ballyfermot. The Ballyfermot Library refurbishment was funded by Dublin City Council and the Department of Environment, Commuity and Local Government at a cost of Euro 1.7 million. Pictured are pupils from St. Michael and St. Gabriel's Primary School who met with the Lord Mayor. Picture Colm Mahady / Fennells Copyright 2013 Fennell Photography
This is the Library as it was a couple of weeks ago. We have come a long way in the past 6 months.
There is still a lot of work to do: air conditioning, lights, more Arabic books, a computerised index system, etc. However, you can see the progress we have made. I got a bit fed up with the meetings and took the approach that I'd tell people what I was going to do and then get on and do it (quickly) - if they didn't want me to do it, they'd tell me to stop...
Personally I find this quite rewarding - fighting the "War on Terror" (sic) with words instead of bullets.