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1803 with later additions and alterations, particularly 1888. 3-storey 6-bay fortified building (former jail) with later Baronial style alterations. Pebbledash with ashlar dressings (red sandstone to later Baronial style alterations), some rendered. Corbelled string course between 2nd and low jettied 3rd storeys; slightly advanced long and short quoins; tails to most windows. Asymmetrically grouped 1-4-1. Large gap between 1st and 2nd floors of 4-bay group; segmental-arched small windows to each bay at 2nd floor. Window at ground and 1st floor of each bay of 4-bay group, except blank at ground of bay to outer left and corbelled red sandstone canted window at 1st floor of bay to outer right. 3-storey (different disposition to 4-bay group), single bay group to right with window at 1st and 2nd floors. 2-storey, single bay group to outer left with red sandstone dressings including coping. Bipartite window at 1st floor; corbelled turret breaking height of eaves to outer left.
The building was erected to replace the Tolbooth as a Jail. In 1884 it ceased to be used as such and was offered to Selkirk Town Council. It was restored and presented to the town by Thomas Craig-Brown in 1888 as a library and reading room. According to B Holton and Strang, there is still a subterranean passageway to the Sheriff Court opposite, through which the prisoners were taken. In 1845, the prison was regarded as being "not well secured", as 2 of 7 prisoners had managed to escape that year and prisoners would frequently leave in the evening, returning for when the jailer came in the morning!
Floor Plan with book shelves and furniture. In the upper left corner is the teen room. Bottom right is the community room. Coming in the main doors you pass through a lobby with doors to the community room on one side, restrooms and an espresso bar on the other. Once in the library proper the book return in on the right. As you leave, the checkout is on the right. Behind the checkout desk is the childrens room. This is a very efficient library that can be staffed with a minimum number of people. It is 22,543 square feet.
Les pigeons / par Madame Knip, née Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck [i.e. Temminck]
Paris :Chez Mme. Knip :[1838-1843?]
Books shelves in the rare book room. The white slips in each book contain the call numbers and cataloging information. The books are bound with a variety of leather, vellum, and paper covers.
Library of Birmingham Opened by Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl shot by the Taliban. on the 3rd Sep 2013 ... The £189m Library of Birmingham, which houses one million books and is the largest in Europe .it was designed by
Fauquier County Public Library subscribes to hundreds of local, regional and national magazines and newspapers.
I may have a problem. These were just the ones sitting right there. There are at least four others I can think of including my current favorite- Tartine Book No. 3. That one is by my bed. ;-)
And if you are a bread nerd, you might want to watch this video. The way the bread undulates as it's sliced toward the end? SWOON.
Used a different zoom lens today that I'm not used to (55-250), but not sure why ALL of my photos came out kind of soft. Guess I need more practice.
I was curious to see how much of the building was occupied by the library but it was closed when I passed through Venango. It looked like the left side of the building and the second floor were living space, leaving only this little section for the library.
LFCC Library Staff, Early 1970s, featuring LRC Director, William Harrison, Librarian Larry Seilhamer, and Staff Members Barbara Costello, Charlene Hose, Alice Seabright and Pavey Hoke
Seattle Public Library
Architect: Rem Koolhaas
This really suprised me. I wasn't expecting the vertical 'monolith' at all, and it was great to discover (not that I had to look that hard). It certainly is a welcome juxtaposition to the faceted facade.
It is a classic Koolhaas; the colorful material-mix, the love of industrial materials and the--excuse me Rem--thrown-together detailing. Of course the detailing is done very well in certain areas; just look at how one barely sees the red hallway behind the metal-corrugated lathe on the right of the foyer. (the next shot on my stream is looking back out to where this was taken). On the other hand, look at the steel bracing emerging out of the concrete elevator-core. No transition, no visual transfer of forces. Most of the steel-work is like that. And steel detailing can be sooo beautiful. I just couldn't do it myself as an architect but that seems to be part of his charm, I suppose. Scarpa, he is not.
Governor Hogan visits the Charles County Library by Joe Andrucyk at Charles County Public Library, 2 Garrett Ave, La Plata, MD 20646
Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Library of Celsus, Ephesus. Notice the hybrid Roman capital on an unfluted column, combining the Greek Ionian and Corinthian styles: Rome proclaims itself a new world order that surpasses all that was ancient Greece.
National Public Library - It is located by Mother Teresa Street adjacent to the university. This building has unique characteristics for it's architecture and design surrounded with metal.
It is described as simultaneously gorgeous and absurd. A description that in my opinion fits.
The outside of the mammoth 16,500 square metre space-age building features a total of 99 white glass cupolas of different sizes and is entirely covered in a metal fishing net.
Prishtina Kosova May 2010
Taken with an Empire Junior camera in week 440 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/collections/72157623113584240
Lomography Redscale film, processed in Tetenal C41 chemistry.
The Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library, which is the focus of this article, sits at the rear of the Centre Block, on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, and is the last untouched part of that larger building's original incarnation, after it burned down in 1916. The library has been augmented and renovated a number of times since its construction in 1876, the last between 2002 and 2006, though the form and decor remain essentially authentic. The building today serves as a Canadian icon.
In the foreground you can see the original Victoria Tower Bell. It's the only relic remaining from the Victoria Tower. It was cast in 1875 and installed in the tower in 1877. The bell fell from the tower during the Centre Block fire of 1916. The bell's inclined position recalls the angle at which it came to rest after falling during the fire of 1916.
This HDR-picture is a combination of 3 pictures, processed and fused with Photomatix.
Books squeezed into stacks on the higher shelves, our library adjusts to Owen's curiosity and newfound mobility. Jen moved his toys into the spaces on the lower shelves to give him something more appropriate to grab.
Upstairs at Smith Hall, now Playmakers Theatre, on the UNC Chapel Hill campus.
Copy of an image shown on exhibit at Davis Library in August 2012.
The building shown here, Smith Hall, now Playmakers Theatre, served as the library until 1910.
Steam radiators, which are seen here heating the room, were widely in use by about 1885 (invented late 1850s). I judge this image (see also study desks with cast iron bases, to the left) to date from about 1895.
I wonder where all the sculpture is now?
LATER: I was told, and a spot check of images bears this out, that the remains of this collection of casts of classical statuary is now located in Murchey Hall on campus, home to the Classics Department.
museum.unc.edu/exhibits/architecture/playmakers-theatre-f...