Main entry:

Stonehouse, Roger.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

London ; New York : Spon Press, 2004.

Description:

xxvi, 262 pages : illustrations, plans ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

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

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0419251200
9780419251200

Subject:

St. John Wilson, Colin 1922-2007
British Library Buildings.
British Library Constructions.
British Library.
London British Library.
National libraries England London.
Library architecture England London.
Bibliothèques nationales Angleterre Londres.
Bibliothèques Architecture Angleterre Londres.
Architecture des bibliothèques Angleterre Londres.
Buildings.
Library architecture.
National libraries.
Architektur
Bibliotheekgebouwen.
London (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
Londres (Angleterre) Constructions.
England London.

Added entries:

Stromberg, Gerhard.

British Library at St. Pancras

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232524
Call No.: NA44.S7747.25 B7 2004
Status: Available