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Henry Miller neben Zorn, Raabe, Mexikanischen Märchen und Jules Verne / Henry next to Zorn, mexican fairy-tales and Jules Verne
The courtyard at the centre of the British Museum was one of Londons long-lost spaces. Originally an open garden, soon after its completion in the mid-nineteenth century it was filled by the round Reading Room and its associated bookstacks. Without this space the Museum was like a city without a park. This project is about its reinvention.
In terms of visitor numbers over five million annually - the British Museum is as popular as the Louvre in Paris or the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In the absence of a centralised circulation system this popularity caused a critical level of congestion throughout the building and created a frustrating experience for the visitor. The departure of the British Library to St Pancras provided the opportunity to clear away the bookstacks and to recapture the courtyard to give the building a new public focus. The Great Court is entered from the Museums principal level, and connects all the surrounding galleries. Within the space - the largest enclosed public space in Europe - there are information points, a bookshop and a cafe. At its heart is the magnificent space of the restored Reading Room, now an information centre and library of world cultures, which for the first time in its history is open to all. Broad staircases encircle the Reading Room and lead to a gallery for temporary exhibitions with a restaurant above. Below the level of the Court are the new Sainsbury African Galleries, an education centre, and facilities for schoolchildren.
The glazed canopy that makes all this possible is a fusion of state-of-the-art engineering and economy of form. Its unique geometry is designed to span the irregular gap between the drum of the Reading Room and the courtyard facades, and forms both the primary structure and the framing for the glazing, which is designed to maximise daylight and reduce solar gain. As a cultural square, the Court also resonates beyond the confines of the Museum, forming a new link in the pedestrian route from the British Library to Covent Garden and the river. To complement this civic artery, the Museums forecourt has been freed from cars and restored to form a new public space. Like the Great Court it is open to the public from first thing in the morning to early evening, creating a major amenity for London.
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Repository: Worcester State University Archives
Photographer: Donald Bullens
Date: 1973
Preferred Citation: Worcester State College Library, Spring 1973. Courtesy, Worcester State University Archives.
British Library book store, Woolwich in south east London, UK. But sometimes, in dark out-of-the-way places in the book store, it can be a bit gloomy.
British Library book store, Woolwich in south east London, UK. Before the books came and the guns were made, the noise must have been unbearable.
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British Library book store, Woolwich in south east London, UK. Massive iron work and girders left over from the building's munitions factory days.
First attempt at a picture for the contest at LibraryThing. Need to get the rest of my books unpacked. I'm working with a narrow selection here.
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I'm taking part in Gala Darling's #radicalselflovejanuary Instagram project - this photo is for the theme Book stack.
Institute of Astronomy Library, University of Cambridge.
Library Room C. Originally intended as a lecture theatre, this room has long been the centre of the Observatory library.
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Credit: Rachel Marsh
The gown I created in Second Life using the texture of antique books - It's boxed up & FREE in my Steampunk Factory in New Babbage~ Visit & find it on the floor next to my bookcase, click & take a copy! (save to your inventory) Then open the folder & click WEAR! YAY! Enjoy! (Bookstack Hat NOT included - that's from Grim Bros)
They're upgrading the lighting systems in the UIUC library bookstacks.
I'm kinda glad that I only had my phone camera on me.
Designed by Foster and Partners, the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court transformed the Museum’s inner courtyard into the largest covered public square in Europe. It is a two-acre space enclosed by a spectacular glass roof with the world-famous Reading Room at its centre.
In the original Robert Smirke design the courtyard was meant to be a garden. However, in 1852–7 the Reading Room and a number of bookstacks were built in the courtyard to house the library department of the Museum and the space was lost.
In 1997, the Museum’s library department was relocated to the new British Library building in St Pancras and there was an opportunity to re-open the space to public.
An architectural competition was launched to re-design the courtyard space. There were over 130 entries and it was eventually won by Lord Foster.
The competition brief had three aims:
1) Revealing hidden spaces
2) Revising old spaces
3) Creating new spaces
4) The £100 million project was supported by grants of £30 million from the Millennium Commission and £15.75 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Great Court was opened on 6 December 2000 by Her Majesty the Queen.
(Source: www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/the_museums_story/great_co...)