Libraries (Building Types)

Libraries Sites:

Tales from the Book Room: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Country House Libraries and their Books Tales from the Book Room: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Country House Libraries and their Books: Conference paper by Susie West on the absence of contextual information in the historiography of private libraries. [PDF] (Libraries) http://www.tu-cottbus.de/lookingforwards/pdf/11west.pdf Carnegie Libraries of Scotland Carnegie Libraries of Scotland: An illustrated guide by Gerry Blaikie to the architecture and history of libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie in Scotland. (Libraries) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/g.blaikie/ Researching the Fabric and Fittings of the Historic Library in the British Isles Researching the Fabric and Fittings of the Historic Library in the British Isles: Methodology for recording information on library buildings, including a bibliography. [PDF] (Libraries) http://www.cilip.org.uk/groups/lhg/hbuildings.pdf Carnegie Libraries of California Carnegie Libraries of California: History, architecture and use of over 100 libraries constructed between 1902 and 1921 from funding by Andrew Carnegie. Search by city, region, architectural style, or name of architect. (Libraries) http://carnegie-libraries.org/ Sacred Geometry Sacred Geometry: Analysis by Ben Nicholson of the Laurentian Library designed by Michelangelo in 1523, focusing on its original geometric floors. (Libraries) http://bennicholson.com/ma/mahome.htm The Sterling Memorial Library The Sterling Memorial Library: Contemporary description and photographs from the April 1931 issue of the Yale Library Gazette. (Libraries) http://www.library.yale.edu/gazette/ Bodleian Library Bodleian Library: The official history of one of the oldest libraries in Europe, founded for Oxford University by Sir Thomas Bodley, a scholar and diplomat for Queen Elizabeth I. (Libraries) http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/campaign/history.html Great Buildings Online: Libraries Great Buildings Online: Libraries: Photographs, dates and discussions of a selection of the world's most outstanding library buildings from ancient to modern, with references. (Libraries) http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/types/library.html