Libraries of light : British public library design in the long 1960s

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Libraries of light : British public library design in the long 1960s

Alistair Black

Routledge, 2018, c2017

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Originally published in hardback, 2017

Includes bibliographical references and index

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For the first hundred years or so of their history, public libraries in Britain were built in an array of revivalist architectural styles. This backward-looking tradition was decisively broken in the 1960s as many new libraries were erected up and down the country. In this new Routledge book, Alistair Black argues that the architectural modernism of the post-war years was symptomatic of the age's spirit of renewal. In the 1960s, public libraries truly became 'libraries of light', and Black further explains how this phrase not only describes the shining new library designs - with their open-plan, decluttered, Scandinavian-inspired designs - but also serves as a metaphor for the public library's role as a beacon of social egalitarianism and cultural universalism. A sequel to Books, Buildings and Social Engineering (2009), Black's new book takes his fascinating story of the design of British public libraries into the era of architectural modernism.

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Preface & Acknowledgements Picture Credits Introduction Chapter 1 The Long Journey to Libraries of Light Chapter 2 Modernisation and Modernism: The Post-War Public Library and the Revolution in its Built Form Chapter 3 Style, Siting and Space Chapter 4 Flagship Libraries: Intersections of Style, Siting, Space and Light Chapter 5 Holborn Central Library: Scandinavia 'Light' Chapter 6 Hampstead Central Library: Into the Light Chapter 7 Bourne Hall Library: Light from Space Chapter 8 Birmingham Central Library: Light from Within Conclusion Bibliography Index

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