History Faculty Library
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 | History Faculty Library |
| Designer | James Stirling |
| Location | Cambridge University, England |
| Date | 1968 (1964?) |
| Building Type | academic library and offices |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | park campus |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | -- |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/History_Faculty_Library.html |
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"The building was the subject of a limited competition and, apart from changes in siting, is almost the same as the original project."
"It was necessary to provide multi-directional approaches in the History Faculty. To allow for different cross-campus circulation routes four entrances have been provided, two of which are at ground level. At the front of the building there is also an approach by ramp to the staff entrance.
The accommodation includes a reading room for 300 readers (12,600 square feet of shelving) which accounts for approximately half the floor area; the other accommodation is staff, seminar and common rooms."
— James Stirling Michael Wilford and Associates. James Stirling, Buildings and Projects. p97.
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Peter Arnel and Ted Bickford, ed. James Stirling, Buildings and Projects. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1984. ISBN 0-8478-0448-8. NA997.S78J34. Color photo of interior, p106. Color photo of exterior, p100. Color photo, f5, p101. Color photo of view towards entrances, f2, p101.
Michael Brawne. Libraries: Architecture and Equipment. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970. LC 73-089609. Z679.B83. p100-103
Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. drawings and diagrams, p106-107.— Updated edition available at Amazon.com
Donald Corner and Jenny Young. Slides from photographer's collection. PCD.2260.1012.1834.055. PCD.2260.1012.1834.051
Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani. Architecture of the 20th Century in Drawings: Utopia and Reality. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1982. ISBN 0-8478-0464-X. LC 82-42534. NA2700.M3513. axonometric drawing, fig88, p105. James Stirling
William S. Saunders. Modern Architecture—Photographs by Ezra Stoller. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3816-2. exterior photo, p60.— A wonderful & inspiring book of beautiful photographs by the master of architectural photography. available at Amazon.com
