Books : Single Building: Phoenix Central Library: The Process of an Architectural Work
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by: Oscar Riera Ojeda
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 725
EAN: 9781564965257
ISBN: 1564965252
Label: Rockport Publishers
Manufacturer: Rockport Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 148
Publication Date: 1999-08
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Sales Rank: 1037563
Studio: Rockport Publishers
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The Burton Barr Central Library (Phoenix Central Library) has quickly become a point in the community’s pride while serving as an exciting background to the region’s library and information needs. It is a regular tour stop for visitors as well as architects and scholars from around the world. This architectural masterpiece works with the beautiful desert setting, and is designed to display the natural beauty of the West. The top of the library has a great public reading room, reminiscent of older libraries, with the entire non-fiction collection. The design is a mix of futuristic aspects combined with a respect for historical detail.
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Rating: - A library on a shoestring
By the 1980's, Phoenix needed a new library.
The requirements were simple. It had to be downtown, which has the highest crime rate in the city including a murder rate that is eight times the national average. The chief librarian wanted a big box, "a warehouse for books." Only limited funds were available, and budgets were being trimmed for a library system that circulates more books for less money than any other city in the nation.
Phoenix itself is a "branch plant" ... Read More
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