New Libraries in Old Buildings
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New Libraries in Old Buildings

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Petra Hauke,Karen Latimer,Robert Niess

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New Libraries in Old Buildings

Creative Reuse

Petra Hauke,Karen Latimer,Robert Niess

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This book focuses on difficulties and opportunities in revitalization of old, derelict or abandoned buildings into a library and investigates the transformation of buildings which originally had a different purpose. The publication shows worldwide best practice examples from different types of libraries in historic environments, both urban and rural, while maintaining a focus on sustainability concerning the architecture and interior design.

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Publisher
De Gruyter Saur
Year
2021
ISBN
9783110679663
Edition
1
Topic
Filología
Subtopic
Biblioteconomía y ciencia de la información

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. About IFLA
  3. Preface
  4. Part 1: Creative Building Reuse: Challenges and Responses
  5. 1 Exceptional Libraries and Distinctive Architecture: Celebrating Reuse
  6. 2 Using Historic Buildings to House New Libraries: Prerequisites and Conditions for Successful Revival
  7. 3 The Reuse of Buildings: Libraries Behaving Sustainably
  8. Part 2: Case Studies: Public Libraries
  9. 4 Patyegarang Place with a New Library and Pavilion Revitalizing a Hospital for Sydney’s Inner West Community
  10. 5 A Fire Hall Reused for Windsor Public Library’s John Muir Branch in Ontario, Canada
  11. 6 Cultural Reconstruction of a Traditional Chinese Courtyard House into the Suochengli Neighbourhood Library
  12. 7 Converting and Extending a Historic Fire Station into a Library in Berlin, Germany
  13. 8 Building Community Through Transforming 17<sup>th</sup> Century Barns in Kirchzarten, Germany
  14. 9 The Mössingen Library Emerges from the Pausa Tonnenhalle in Germany
  15. 10 Rehabilitating a Textile Plant for Barcelona’s Les Corts Neighbourhood Library
  16. 11 Repurposing a Grocery Store for the Joutsa Public Library in Finland
  17. 12 Creating a Library from a Locomotive Shed in Tilburg, the Netherlands
  18. 13 Converting the Utrecht Post Office into the Neude Library
  19. Part 3: Case Studies: Academic Libraries
  20. 14 The Conversion of a Science Institute to a Faculty Library in Ghent, Belgium
  21. 15 A Cattle Market Becomes a University Library in Germany
  22. 16 Integrating New Functions into the Historic Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek in Weimar, Germany
  23. 17 From Locomotives to Libraries at Wildau Technical University, Germany
  24. 18 Reviving the Hexagon for the University Library on the Luminy Campus of Aix- Marseille University
  25. 19 The American University of Paris Library in the Student Life and Learning Commons
  26. 20 A Slaughterhouse Pavilion Becomes an Architectural Library in Rome
  27. 21 A Library Hovering in the Chapel in Bogotá, Colombia
  28. 22 Transforming a Match Factory into the American Philatelic Research Library in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
  29. Appendix
  30. Sustainability and Reusing Buildings for Libraries: A Review of Selected Documents
  31. Contributors