| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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Chapter 1 European Influences: Before 1800 |
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Library of Celsus, Ephesus, Asia Minor: Roman, Second Century |
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Gloucester Abbey Library, Gloucester, England: English, Fourteenth Century |
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St. Walburg's
Chapter House Library, Zutphen, Netherlands: Dutch, 1563 |
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Merton College Library, Oxford, England: English, 1623 |
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Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy: Michelangelo, 1571 |
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Library at El Escorial, Madrid, Spain: Juan de Herrera, 1567 |
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Trinity College Library, Cambridge, England: Christopher Wren, 1695 |
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Chapter 2 Early Public Libraries in the U.S.: 1800 to 1880s |
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University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia: Thomas Jefferson, 1826 |
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Boston Athenaeum, Boston, Massachusetts: Edward Clarke Cabot, 1849 |
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Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts: Charles Kirk Kirby, 1859 |
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Astor Library, New York, New York: Alexander Saeltzer, 1854 |
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Peabody Institute Library, Baltimore, Maryland: Edmund G. Lind, 1878 |
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Crane Memorial Library, Quincy, Massachusetts: H.H. Richardson, 1882 |
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Chapter 3 Early Beaux-Arts Libraries: 1850s to 1910s |
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Bibliotheque Ste. Genevieve, Paris, France: Henri Labrouste, 1850 |
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Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts: McKim Mead &White, 1895 |
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New York Public Library, New York, New York: Carrere & Hastings, 1911 |
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Chapter 4 Carnegie Libraries: 1890s to 1920s |
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Ottumwa Public Library, Ottumwa, Iowa: Smith & Gutterson, 1902 |
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Decatur Public Library, Decatur, Illinois: Mauran Russell & Garden, 1903 |
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Washington Central Library, Washington, D.C.: Ackerman & Ross, 1903 |
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New York Public Library Branches, New York, New York: Babb Cook & Willard /McKim Mead & White/Carrere & Hastings / James Brown Lord, 1902-1905 |
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Chapter 5 Decentralized Departmental Libraries: 1890s to 1930s |
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Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois: William Frederick Poole / Henry Ives Cobb, 1893 |
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Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon: A.E. Doyle, 1913 |
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Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan: Cass Gilbert, 1921 |
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Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio: Walker & Weeks, 1925 |
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Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, California: Bertram Goodhue, 1926 |
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Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland: Clyde N. & Nelson Friz / E.L. Tilton / A.M. Githens, 1933 |
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Chapter 6 Early Modern Libraries: 1920s and 1930s |
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Stockholm Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden: Erik Gunnar Asplund, 1925 |
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Viipuri Library, Viipuri, Finland: Alvar Aalto, 1935 |
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Mt. Angel Abbey Library, Mt. Angel, Oregon: Alvar Aalto, 1970 |
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New York Public Library 135th Street Branch Addition, New York, New York: Louis Allen Abramson, 1941 |
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Chapter 7 Postwar Modern Libraries: 1950s to 1970s |
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Grosse Pointe Public Library, Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Marcel Breuer, 1953 |
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North End Branch Library, Boston, Massachusetts: Carl Koch, 1965 |
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Magnolia Branch Library, Seattle, Washington: Kirk Wallace McKinley, 1964 |
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Cincinnati Main Library, Cincinnati, Ohio: Woodie Garber, 1955 |
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New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana: Curtis & Davis, 1958 |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, D.C.: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1971 |
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Atlanta Central Public Library: Atlanta, Georgia: Marcel Breuer / Hamilton Smith, 1980 |
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Berlin State Library, Berlin, Germany: Hans Scharoun, 1979 |
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Chapter 8 Postmodern Libraries: 1970s and 1980s |
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Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Exeter, New Hampshire: Louis Kahn, 1972 |
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Boston Public Library Addition: Boston, Massachusetts: Johnson / Burgee, 1972 |
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Sulzer Regional Library, Chicago, Illinois: Hammond Beeby & Babka, 1985 |
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Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, Illinois: Hammond Beeby & Babka, 1991 |
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Chapter 9 Central Municipal and Regional Libraries |
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Bellevue Regional Library, Bellevue, Washington: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, 1993 |
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Phoenix Burton Barr Central Library, Phoenix, Arizona: Will Bruder / DWL Architects, 1995 |
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Seattle Central Library, Seattle, Washington: OMA / LMN, 2004 |
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Grande Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec, Montreal, Quebec: Patkau Architects, 2005 |
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Winnipeg Centennial Library, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Patkau Architects, 2005 |
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Surrey City Centre Library, Surrey, British Columbia: Bing Thorn Architects, 2011 |
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Vancouver Community Library, Vancouver, Washington: The Miller Hull Partnership, 2011 |
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Chapter 10 Urban Neighborhood Branch Libraries |
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Buckhead Branch Library, Atlanta, Georgia: Scogin Elam & Bray Architects, 1989 |
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Woodstock Branch Library, Portland, Oregon: Thomas Hacker Architects, 2000 |
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Honan-Allston Branch Library, Allston, Massachusetts: Machado Silvetti Associates, 2001 |
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Capitol Hill Branch Library, Seattle, Washington: Cutler Anderson Architects / Johnston Architects, 2003 |
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Hillsdale Branch Library, Portland, Oregon: Thomas Hacker Architects, 2004 |
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Montlake Branch Library, Seattle, Washington: Weinstein A+U, 2008 |
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Ingleside Branch Library, San Francisco, California: Fougeron Architecture, 2009 Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood |
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Library, Washington, DO.: Davis Brody Bond, 2010 Benning Neighborhood Library |
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Washington, D.C.: Davis Brody Bond, 2010 |
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Anacostia Neighborhood Library, Washington, DC: Freelon Group, 2010 |
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Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library, Washington, DC: Freelon Group, 2011 |
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Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood Library, Washington, DC: Adjaye Associates, 2012 |
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William O Lockridge / Bellevue Neighborhood Library, Washington, DC: Adjaye Associates, 2012 |
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Bayview Branch Library, San Francisco, California: Thomas Hacker Architects, 2013 |
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Pico Branch Library, Santa Monica, California: Koning Eizenberg Architecture, 2014 |
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Hennepin County Walker Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota: VJAA, 2014 |
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Chapter 11 Suburban Neighborhood Branch and Community Libraries |
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Clayton County Library Headquarters, Jonesboro, Georgia: Scogin Elam & Bray Architects, 1988 |
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Carol Cobb Turner Branch Library, Morrow, Georgia: Scogin Elam & Bray Architects, 1991 |
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Newton Library, Surrey, British Columbia: Patkau Architects, 1992 |
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Philmon Branch Library, Riverdale, Georgia: Scogin Elam & Bray Architects, 1997 |
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Maple Valley Library, Maple Valley, Washington: Cutler Anderson Architects / Johnston Architects, 2001 |
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Desert Broom Library, Phoenix, Arizona: Richard & Bauer, 2005 |
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Hercules Public Library, Hercules, California: Will Bruder Architects / HGA Architects, 2006 |
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Cesar Chavez Library, Phoenix, Arizona: Line & Space Architects, 2007 |
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Arabian Public Library, Scottsdale, Arizona: Richard & Bauer, 2007 |
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Agave Branch Library, Phoenix, Arizona: Will Bruder Architects, 2009 |
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Sunrise Mountain Library, Peoria, Arizona: Richard & Bauer, 2009 |
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Kenmore Branch Library, Kenmore, Washington: Weinstein A+U, 2011 |
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Los Gatos Public Library, Los Gatos, California: Noll & Tam Architects, 2012 |
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Chapter 12 Collocated Libraries, Additions, and Modernizations |
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Ballard Branch Library and Neighborhood Service Center, Seattle, Washington: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2005 |
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Palo Verde Branch Library and Maryvale Community Center, Phoenix, Arizona: Gould Evans / Wendell Burnette Architects, 2006 |
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Northgate Library and Community Center, Seattle, Washington: The Miller Hull Partnership, 2007 |
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Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts: William Rawn Associates / Ann Beha Architects, 2009 |
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South Mountain Community Library, Phoenix, Arizona: Richard & Bauer, 2011 |
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Chapter 13 Libraries in Northern Europe |
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Almelo Public Library, Almelo, Netherlands: Mecanoo, 1994 |
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Peckham Library, London, England: Alsop & Stormer, 2000 |
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Idea Store Whitechapel, London, England: Adjaye Associates, 2005 |
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Helmond City Library, Helmond, Netherlands: Bolles & Wilson, 2010 |
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Vennesla Library and Cultural Center, Vennesla, Norway: Helen & Hard, 2011 |
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Spijkenisse Library, Spijkenisse, Netherlands: MVRDV Architects, 2012 |
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Idea Store Watney Market, London, England: Bisset Adams, 2013 |
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Seinajoki City Library Addition, Seinajoki, Finland: JKMM Architects, 2014 |
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| Bibliography |
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| Image Credits |
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| Architect and Firm Biographies |
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