Title & Author:

Living library : Wiel Arets ; Utrecht University Library / [texts: Marijke Beek, Eva DeCario ; translations: Jim Tucker ...].

Publication:

Munich : Prestel, 2005.

Description:

453 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Contains no title page, title from cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 451).
Being there : preface / Bas Savenije -- In the library / György Konrád -- Building a living library / dialogue Wiel Arets and Bas Savenije -- Clouds / Wiel Arets -- Flying stones : projects for the library / Pierre Huyghe -- The quasi-object : purity and provocation in Wiel Arets's Utrecht University library / Roemer van Toom -- Perspectives with a Piranesian dimension / Marc Dubois -- The living room of the university / dialogue Aryan Sikkema and Art Zaaijer -- Willows on concrete and glass -- More than a gateway : the role of future university libraries / Bas Savenije.

Summary:

Dynamically designed, this is an innovative look at the new library in Utrecht.

ISBN:

3791334557 (pbk.)
9783791334554 (pbk.)

Subject:

Arets, W. M. J.
Arets, Wiel, 1955-
Arets, Wiel 1955-
Arets, Wiel.
Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht. Bibliotheek.
Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht Studies.
Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht. Bibliotheek Design.
Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht
Utrecht Universitätsbibliothek.
Library architecture Netherlands.
Academic libraries Netherlands Designs and plans.
Libraries Design and construction.
Bibliothèques Conception et construction.
Bibliothèques Architecture Conception et construction.
Architecture des bibliothèques Pays-Bas.
Bibliothèques universitaires Pays-Bas Dessins et plans.
Academic libraries
Library architecture
Bibliotheekgebouwen.
Netherlands

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings

Holdings:

Location: Library main 241742
Call No.: BIB 171590
Status: Available