Main entry:

St. John Wilson, Colin.

Title & Author:

The design and construction of the British Library / Colin St. John Wilson.

Publication:

London : British Library, 1998.

Description:

95 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
The Historical Background. 'The Thirty Years War' -- Design Method. The English Free School. The 'Other Tradition' of Modernism. Working Method. Growth and change. Symbolic form -- Elements of the Building. The Site. The Piazza. The Main Entrance Hall. General Amenity. The Reading Rooms. Exhibition Galleries. Conference Centre. Staff areas. Storage, conservation and distribution. Works of Art. Construction and Mechanical Engineering.

Summary:

The British Library at St Pancras, the major public monument built in the United Kingdom in the 20th Century, opened to the public in April 1998. Professor Sir Colin St John Wilson has spent the greater part of his working life on the project from 1962 onwards when various schemes for a building adjacent to the British Museum were proposed, through to the completion phase of the present design. This book reveals how Professor Wilson and his team responded to successive changes in the Brief, whilst determinedly maintaining a commitment to the very highest quality in all aspects of a building designed to last 250 years. Illustrated with many original drawings and specially-commissioned photographs, it will appeal to anyone interested in modern architecture.

ISBN:

0712306587 (paperback)
9780712306584 (paperback)

Subject:

St. John Wilson, Colin.
Wilson, Colin St. John, 1922-2007.
St. John Wilson, Colin 1922-2007
British Library Buildings.
British Library. Buildings.
British Library Edificios
British Library.
London British Library Saint Pancras Building.
London British Library.
National libraries England London.
Library architecture England London.
Libraries history
Architecture history
Facility Design and Construction history
Bibliothèques nationales Angleterre Londres.
Architecture des bibliothèques Angleterre Londres.
Buildings.
Library architecture.
National libraries.
Neubau
Bibliotheekgebouwen.
National libraries Great Britain.
Library buildings England London.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne Londres (GB)
Architecture.
London (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
England London.
Neubäu
British Library Saint Pancras Building
St Pancras

Holdings:

Location: Library main 200637
Call No.: NA44.S7747.25 B7 1998
Copy: copy 2
Status: Available