Treasures of the British Library
Title | Treasures of the British Library PDF eBook |
Author | Nicolas Barker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Library resources |
ISBN | 9780712304092 |
In this highly-illustrated account, Nicolas Barker reveals the history of the British Library's treasure house of books and manuscripts. The Library's holdings cover collections spanning almost three millennia, from the establishment of the British Museum, which brought together the libraries of Sir Hans Sloane, Sir Robert Cotton and Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford, to the foundation of the British Library in 1973 and to some outstanding acquisitions of the present day.
The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras
Title | The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Stonehouse |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 479 |
Release | 2004-08-02 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 113580396X |
In a series of interrelated essays, this book describes the British Library and the issues surrounding its design, construction, purpose and place in the architectural canon. Examining the experience of the building together with its form, these essays explore the ideas and aspirations behind its conception and its construction, offering insight into this striking, controversial, and stimulating building. For artists, architects and building professionals interested in the current debates concerning architecture and our culture, The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras is a stimulating read.
The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras
Title | The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Stonehouse |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0419251200 |
In a series of interrelated essays, the authors describe the British Library at St. Pancras. They explore the underlying aspirations and ideas behind the building and examine the technology that was instrumental in its construction.
The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras
Title | The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Stonehouse |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2004-08-02 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1135803978 |
In a series of interrelated essays, this book describes the British Library and the issues surrounding its design, construction, purpose and place in the architectural canon. Examining the experience of the building together with its form, these essays explore the ideas and aspirations behind its conception and its construction, offering insight into this striking, controversial, and stimulating building. For artists, architects and building professionals interested in the current debates concerning architecture and our culture, The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras is a stimulating read.
The British Library
Title | The British Library PDF eBook |
Author | Colin St. John Wilson |
Publisher | Scala Books |
Pages | 63 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781857594447 |
The British Library at St Pancras opened to the public in April 1998 and no other project in Britain since the building of St Paul s Cathedral is comparable in time-scale or the magnitude of controversy surrounding it. Professor Sir Colin St John Wilson
The Works of William Shakespeare
Title | The Works of William Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | William Shakespeare |
Publisher | |
Pages | 928 |
Release | 1623 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
An Architecture of Invitation
Title | An Architecture of Invitation PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Menin |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 533 |
Release | 2018-12-13 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0429856121 |
First published in 2005, An Architecture of invitation: Colin St John Wilson is a distinctive study of the life and architectural career of one of the most significant makers, theorists and teachers of architecture to have emerged in England in the second half of the twentieth century. Exceptionally in an architectural study, this book interweaves biography, critical analysis of the projects, and theory, in its aims of explicating the richness of Wilson’s body of work, thought and teaching. Drawing on the specialisms of its authors, it also examines the creative and psychological impulses that have informed the making of the work – an oeuvre whose experiential depth is recognised by both users and critics.