New Libraries in Old Buildings: Creative Reuse

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New Libraries in Old Buildings

Creative Reuse

Edited by: Petra Hauke , Karen Latimer and Robert Niess

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2021

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Volume 180 | IFLA Publications

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This book focuses on difficulties and opportunities in revitalization of old, derelict or abandoned buildings into a library and investigates the transformation of buildings which originally had a different purpose. The publication shows worldwide best practice examples from different types of libraries in historic environments, both urban and rural, while maintaining a focus on sustainability concerning the architecture and interior design.

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Petra Hauke, Humboldt-Univ., Berlin; Karen Latimer, Queen´s University of Belfast and Robert Niess, Chestnutt_Niess Architekten, Berlin.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
About IFLA Open Access Download PDF	IX
Preface Open Access Download PDF	1
Part 1: Creative Building Reuse: Challenges and Responses
1 Exceptional Libraries and Distinctive Architecture: Celebrating Reuse Robert Niess Open Access Download PDF	7
2 Using Historic Buildings to House New Libraries: Prerequisites and Conditions for Successful Revival Santi Romero Open Access Download PDF	18
3 The Reuse of Buildings: Libraries Behaving Sustainably Karen Latimer Open Access Download PDF	32
Part 2: Case Studies: Public Libraries
4 Patyegarang Place with a New Library and Pavilion Revitalizing a Hospital for Sydney’s Inner West Community Kim Small and Caroline McLeod Open Access Download PDF	57
5 A Fire Hall Reused for Windsor Public Library’s John Muir Branch in Ontario, Canada Rebekah Mayer Open Access Download PDF	77
6 Cultural Reconstruction of a Traditional Chinese Courtyard House into the Suochengli Neighbourhood Library Yang Li Open Access Download PDF	92
7 Converting and Extending a Historic Fire Station into a Library in Berlin, Germany Robert Niess and Jürgen Radzkowski Open Access Download PDF	105
8 Building Community Through Transforming 17^th Century Barns in Kirchzarten, Germany Petra Süppel, Willi Sutter and Angelika Manz Open Access Download PDF	122
9 The Mössingen Library Emerges from the Pausa Tonnenhalle in Germany Michael B. Frank and Canan Kadi Open Access Download PDF	134
10 Rehabilitating a Textile Plant for Barcelona’s Les Corts Neighbourhood Library Ricard Mercadé Rogel, Aurora Fernández Grané and Jordi Gual Nevado Open Access Download PDF	152
11 Repurposing a Grocery Store for the Joutsa Public Library in Finland Nina Kuikka Open Access Download PDF	167
12 Creating a Library from a Locomotive Shed in Tilburg, the Netherlands Jeske Boemaars Open Access Download PDF	179
13 Converting the Utrecht Post Office into the Neude Library Jan van Grunsven, Bart Kellerhuis and Ton van Vlimmeren Open Access Download PDF	192
Part 3: Case Studies: Academic Libraries
14 The Conversion of a Science Institute to a Faculty Library in Ghent, Belgium Paul Buschmann, Anne-Lise Van der Meulen and Raf Van Den Berghe Open Access Download PDF	213
15 A Cattle Market Becomes a University Library in Germany Katharina Regulski Open Access Download PDF	228
16 Integrating New Functions into the Historic Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek in Weimar, Germany Michael Knoche, Hilde Barz-Malfatti and Karl-Heinz Schmitz Open Access Download PDF	241
17 From Locomotives to Libraries at Wildau Technical University, Germany Robert Niess and Frank Seeliger Open Access Download PDF	253
18 Reviving the Hexagon for the University Library on the Luminy Campus of Aix- Marseille University Samuel Lespets and Rémy Marciano Open Access Download PDF	269
19 The American University of Paris Library in the Student Life and Learning Commons Jorge F. Sosa and Lia Kiladis Open Access Download PDF	286
20 A Slaughterhouse Pavilion Becomes an Architectural Library in Rome Anna Raimondi Open Access Download PDF	304
21 A Library Hovering in the Chapel in Bogotá, Colombia Gabriella Karl-Johnson Open Access Download PDF	319
22 Transforming a Match Factory into the American Philatelic Research Library in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania Tara Murray Grove Open Access Download PDF	336
Appendix
Sustainability and Reusing Buildings for Libraries: A Review of Selected Documents Cletus D. Kuunifaa Open Access Download PDF	357
Contributors Open Access Download PDF	370

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eBook published on:

June 21, 2021

eBook ISBN:

9783110679663

Hardcover published on:

June 21, 2021

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110679519

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Front matter:

9

Main content:

379

Illustrations:

32

Coloured Illustrations:

194

Tables:

19

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110679663

eBook ISBN: 9783110679663

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110679519

Keywords for this book

Library buildings; transformation of historical buildings; architecture; interior design

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Libraries, Environmentalists, Information Professionals

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BY-NC-ND 4.0

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