ISBN: 9780415592307

Description: xvi, 197 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

• A city with a great library is a great city
• Libraries : the 'sacred' spaces of modernity
• What you see is what you get? : key aspects of library
• A new wave of library architecture
• Developing the brief and establishing a project management team
• Places and partners
• Programme and people : the changing library programme
• A vital space for children and young people
• Public library case studies
• Lessons from the case studies and post-occupancy evaluation
• 21st century libraries : changing forms, changing functions.

LCCN: 2012036229

Control Number: 980884

Subjects:

• Library architecture.
• Library buildings -- Design and construction.