Libraries and Their Architecture in the 21st Century / / ed. by Ines Miersch-Süß.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Bonte, Achim,; Dudler, Max,; Frosch, Werner,; Gewers, Georg,; Hopp, Jette Cathrin,; Lahiri, Lina,; Lau, Catherine,; Lux, Claudia,; Miersch-Süß, Ines,; Muscogiuri, Marco,; Schütz, Stephan,; Tinaztepe, Elif,
• HerausgeberIn: Miersch-Süß, Ines,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Saur, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VI, 233 p.)

Libraries have quietly changed over the last 20 years. They have adapted early and consciously to the changes of digitalization, they have recognized the changed need of their users for collaborative work and derived new spatial concepts from this. Transparency and access to information, knowledge a...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• I Introduction
• Fig. 1-2
• Architecture is not enough
• Editorial – Libraries in the 21st Century
• From a Library of Objects to a Library of Interactions
• II Awakening the Knowledge Society – The Role of Library Architecture
• Fig. 1-2
• More Kitchen than Grocery Store
• Libraries of the Future: A Singapore Case Study
• Spaces for Books – Places for People
• Celebrating Knowledge and Scientific Workout
• Henning Larsen’s Contribution to the Knowledge Based Society
• Libraries Architecture and Innovation
• III Building for the Knowledge Society – The Creation of Library Architecture
• Fig. 1. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana 1571. Attribution: Sailko
• New Developments of Library Buildings Worldwide
• Designing for Evolution
• Engaging Architecture
• Spaces for People
• Public Space becomes Cultural Place
• Places to Study, Flirt and Stroll: Max Dudler’s Libraries
• The New Central Library in Dresden’s Kulturpalast
• IV Future Talk
• Six Questions on Libraries and Their Architecture
• V Profiles of Authors
• VI Special Thanks