CONTENTS
Preface 9
The Building Type and its Emergence 10
The Library in its Social Context
Liliane Wong with Nolan Lushington
The Library User as Customer 16
Norma Blake
On the Typology of the Library 22
Ursula Kleefisch-Jobst
Form and Function in Library Design 30
Karl-Heinz Schmitz
Public Libraries 38
in the United States
Nolan Lushington
Planning Processes and Spatial Organization
Toward the Design of Libraries 44
Rebecca Chestnutt
Plan Configuration and Layout 49
Liliane Wong
Library Spaces for Children, Teens and Young Adults 58
Liliane Wong with Nolan Lushington
Dialogues: Client, Librarian, Architect 62
Klaus Ulrich Werner
Funding Options 68
Liliane Wong
Technical Requirements 70
Structural Concepts
Wolfgang Rudorf
Climate Control 80
Wolfgang Rudorf
Lighting and Illumination 88
Wolfgang Rudorf
Daylighting 90
Mohamed Boubekri
Interior Design and Equipment
Refurbishment and Building Adaptation 96
Aat Vos
Shelving 102
Wolfgang Rudorf Liliane Wong
Orientation and Wayfinding Systems 106
Michael Franke-Maier
Book Security and RFID 114
Frank Seeliger
National Libraries
Introduction 120
Det Kongelige Bibliotek 122
Copenhagen, Denmark Schmidt Hammer Lassen
National Library Singapore 126
Singapore
T.R. Hamzah & Yeang International
Biblioteca Central Estatal Je Guanajuato Wigberto imenez Moreno 130
Leon, Mexico
Pei Partnership Architects
National Library of China 134
Beijing, China
KSP Jurgen Engel Architekten
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek 140
Leipzig, Germany
Gabriele Glockler Architektur
Large Public Libraries
Introduction 144
Burton Barr Central Library 146
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Will Bruder
Millennium Library 150
Norwich, UK
Michael Hopkins Architects
Seattle Central Library 154
Seattle, Washington, USA OMA
OBA - Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam 158
Amsterdam, the Netherlands Jo Coenen
Stadtbibliothek am Mailander Platz 164
Stuttgart, Germany Eun Young Yi
Library of Birmingham 166
Birmingham, UK Mecanoo
Small Public Libraries
Introduction 172
Peckham Library and Media Centre 174
London, UK
Alsop + Stormer Architects
Biblioteca Publica Usera Jose Hierro 178
Madrid, Spain Abalos & Herreros
ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center 182
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Holzman Moss Bottino
Whitechapel Idea Store 184
London, UK Adjaye Associates
Miriam Matthews Hyde Park Branch Library 188
Los Angeles, California, USA HplusF Architecture and Design
Arabian Public Library 190
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA Richard + Bauer
Biblioteca Municipal 192
Viana do Castelo, Portugal Alvaro Siza
Parque Biblioteca Espana 194
Medellin, Colombia Giancarlo Mazzanti
Mediatheque Andre Malraux 198
Strasbourg, France
Jean Marc Ibos, Myrto Vitart
Vennesla Bibliotek og Kulturhus 202
Vennesla, Norway Helen & Hard
Biblioteca Municipal de Almada 206
Almada, Portugal Santa-Rita Arquitectos
Biblioteca Publica de Ceuta 208
Ceuta, Spain
Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos
Gando School Library 212
Gando, Burkina Faso Diebedo Francis Kere
University Libraries
Introduction 214
Central Library 216
Technische Universiteit Delft
Delft, the Netherlands Mecanoo
Law Library Universitat Zurich 220
Zurich, Switzerland Santiago Calatrava
IKMZ - Informations-, Kommunikations-und Medienzentrum Brandenburgische
Technische Universitat 222
Cottbus, Germany Herzog & de Meuron
Philological Library Freie Universitat 226
Berlin, Germany Foster + Partners
Lewis Library Princeton University 230
Princeton, New Jersey, USA Gehry Partners
Jacob und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum Humboldt Universitat 232
Berlin, Germany Max Dudler
Rolex Learning Center Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne 238
Lausanne, Switzerland SANAA
Joe and Rika Mansueto Library University of Chicago 244
Chicago, Illinois, USA Helmut Murphy Jahn
Kai Feng 248
Humanities and Social Sciences Library Tsinghua University
Beijing, China Mario Botta
CINiBA - Centrum Informacji Naukowej i Biblioteka Akademicka Uniwersytet Slaski 252
Katowice, Poland HS99
Appendix
The Authors 256
Index of Names 258
Index of Places 259
Illustration Credits 262