Research Catalog

Title

The architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras / Roger Stonehouse and Gerhard Stromberg ; contributors, Richard MacCormac and Brian Lang.

Author

Stonehouse, Roger.

Publication

London ; New York : Spon Press, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

Stromberg, Gerhard.

Description

xxvi, 262 pages : illustrations, plans; 31 cm

Summary

"The British Library at St. Pancras is one of the world's largest and most complex buildings. Opened in April 1998 after being 35 years in design and construction, years which were beset by controversy, it is the major public monument built in the UK in the second half of the twentieth century. Designed by Colin St. John Wilson and Partners, it is much praised, indeed loved, by those who use and visit it, for it is highly successful, not just practically, but in a deeper sense of use through the way it impinges upon its visitors senses and sense of themselves." "In a series of interwoven written and photographic essays this book describes the building, the experience of the building and the origins of the architecture. This will be of interest to those who have a general interest in current debates about architecture and our culture and to specialist librarians, professional and academic architects, arts and architectural historians and other building professionals."--Jacket

Alternative Title

British Library at St. Pancras

Subjects

• Library architecture
• National libraries
• St. John Wilson, Colin 1922-2007
• London British Library
• British Library Buildings
• British Library
• London (England) > Buildings, structures, etc
• England > London
• Library architecture > England > London
• National libraries > England > London
• Bibliotheekgebouwen
• Architektur
• Buildings

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface and acknowledgements / Roger Stonehouse and Gerhard Stromberg -- Foreword / Richard MacCormac -- Introduction : pegging out the ground / Roger Stonehouse -- institution / Brian Lang -- From street to book / Roger Stonehouse -- About the photographs / Gerhard Stromberg -- Approximation / Gerhard Stromberg -- Composition and context / Roger Stonehouse -- Anatomy, function and use / Roger Stonehouse -- Affinity / Gerhard Stromberg -- intimate monumentality / Roger Stonehouse -- place of places / Roger Stonehouse -- Affirmation / Gerhard Stromberg.

ISBN

• 0419251200
• 9780419251200

LCCN

• 2002156258
• 9780419251200

OCLC

• ocm51280996
• 51280996
• SCSB-8993559

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library