The Library: A World History Campbell James W. P.
The Library: A World History Campbell James W. P. A library is not just a collection of books, but also the buildings that house them. From the great dome of the Library of Congress, to the white…
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The Library: A World History Campbell James W. P.
A library is not just a collection of books, but also the buildings that house them. From the great dome of the Library of Congress, to the white facade of the Seinajoki Library in Finland, to the ancient ruins of the library of Pergamum in modern Turkey, the architecture of a library is a symbol of its time as well as of its builders wealth, culture, and learning.Architectural historian James Campbell and photographer Will Pryce traveled the globe together, visiting and documenting over eighty libraries that exemplify the many different approaches to thinking about and designing libraries. As varied and inventive as the volumes they hold, such buildings can be much more than the dusty, dark wooden shelves found in mystery stories or the catacombs of stacks in the basements of academia.
The result of their travels, The Library: A World History is one of the first books to tell
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