Preface To The Third Edition -- Photo Credits -- 1. Libraries -- 2. Libraries Of The Future -- 3. Begin At The Beginning -- 4. Primary Brief -- 5. Primary Brief (continued) -- 6. Feasibility Study -- 7. Towards A Feasibility Report -- 8. Secondary Brief -- 9. The Rest Of The Programme Of Action -- 10. Physical Conditions -- 11. Lighting -- 12. Security And Protection -- 13. Layouts And Critical Sizes: Shelving -- 14. Layouts And Critical Sizes: Compact Shelving And Non-book Materials -- 15. Reading And Reader Service Areas -- 16. Other Areas -- 17. Interiors: Furniture, Fittings And Floors -- 18. Extensions And Conversions -- 19. Published Standards -- Appendix: Metric Equivalents Of Use To Librarians -- References -- Bibliography -- Index. Godfrey Thompson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 217-220).

Library buildings : Planning and design of library buildings

Godfrey Thompson

London: Butterworth Architecture

Butterworth & Co Publishers Ltd

Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd

Architectural Press

Martindale-Hubbell

Focal Press

Butterworth Architecture library of planning and design, 3 ed, London, 1991, ©1989

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

3rd ed, Jordan Hill, Oxford, 1989

Subsequent, PS, 1989

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-220).

This books explains to the librarian the way architects work in designing a library and also educates architects as to how librarians work. The book is designed not only for students but also for those approaching for the first time the task of creating a new library. The author works on the assumption that few architects approaching the designing of a new library know very much about libraries and fewer librarians know anything about architectural planning. It explains the role of the various members of the building team at each stage of a library building project, from the primary brief to the drawing up of the detailed design. The author gives an account of the main library types - public, educational, industrial - showing how staff and reader spaces within them work and how various kinds of function affect such matters as the provision of services, the storage and passage of books and materials and questions of access, circulation and security. Although the subject is both planning and design, the latter element is considered only as it directly affects and is affected by, the library's operational aims. Discussions about the inter-relationships between function and form have been avoided and the choice of photographs has been dictated by the need to illustrate planning points. Changes since the last edition particularly reflect the growth of electronic technology. The emphasis is on common factors and the recommendations here apply as much to small libraries as to large ones: to extensions and conversions as much as new buildings. Though the descriptions of planning procedures and references to the requirements of official regulations are based on British practice, it is hoped that the procedures described here are sufficiently logical as to help any officer who is called upon to work in a foreign country

A new library cannot be successfully created or an old one replanned until librarian, architect and others form an integrated team. Each must appreciate the other's expertise, and know something of their work. Each must also assess and communicate their own requirements and information needs, sufficiently quantified, at the right stage in development. This book offers general principles for the basic brief, and step-by-step guidance on how to develop it in greater detail. It is the only book in English (and the only comprehensive one in any language) for those who come to this task for the first time, or who have experience of it but may be involved in new commissioning or redevelopment.

vii, 224 pages : 31 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220)

2023-06-28