Library BuildersAmong the many library types presented here are the national: Dominique Perrault's Bibliotheque Nationale de France and Colin St John Wilson's British Library; the city: Richard Meier's City Library in The Hague, Bolles-Wilson's Munster City Library, bruder DWL architects' Phoenix Central Library, Mecanoo's Almelo Public Library; and the academic: Sir Norman Foster and Partners' Squire Law Library, Cambridge and Hodgetts + Fung's unorthodox Towell Library at UCLA. |
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CONTENTS | 6 |
MultiMedia Cyber Libraries? Paul Lukez | 13 |
A Tale of Two Libraries Michael Spens | 20 |
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