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New Bodleian: Making the Weston Library
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Paperback. Editor(s): Bodleian Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, 275 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMG; GLMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 250. .
In 1934 Sir Giles Gilbert Scott began work on designs for a substantial new library building opposite the Old Bodleian Library site in Broad Street, Oxford in order to provide much-needed space for the growing numbers of books housed in the library and the number of readers using them. Opened in 1946 (having been delayed by the Second World War), for seventy years the New Bodleian served the academic community and readers visiting Oxford, housing 3.5 million items. Scott's innovative designs meant that the New Bodleian became a Grade II-listed building in 2003. In 2009, thanks ... Read more
In 1934 Sir Giles Gilbert Scott began work on designs for a substantial new library building opposite the Old Bodleian Library site in Broad Street, Oxford in order to provide much-needed space for the growing numbers of books housed in the library and the number of readers using them. Opened in 1946 (having been delayed by the Second World War), for seventy years the New Bodleian served the academic community and readers visiting Oxford, housing 3.5 million items. Scott's innovative designs meant that the New Bodleian became a Grade II-listed building in 2003. In 2009, thanks ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851243747
SKU
V9781851243747
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About The Bodleian Library
Contributors: Bernard Antieul, formerly Director, hurleypalmerflatt; Rob Bevan, Architecture Critic, Evening Standard; Jim Eyre, Director, Wilkinson Eyre Architects; Chris Fletcher, Keeper of Special Collections, Bodleian Libraries; University of Oxford; Emma Keyte (Editor), Founder, Free:; Toby Kirtley, Bodleian Libraries Estates Projects Officer, University of Oxford; Michael Morrison, Partner, Purcell; Jay Osgerby, Director, Barber Osgerby; Richard Ovenden, Bodley's Librarian, University of ... Read more
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