Library Builders

Library Builders presents over forty contemporary libraries, ranging in scale from the grandeur of national libraries to small, intimate community libraries, from public libraries to university libraries, which feature the different qualities of both the traditional bibliotheque and the futuristic mediatheque. It examines the potential future of this building type in the twenty-first century, with ever-changing demands for supply and dissemination of information. The wider issues of current library design are addressed in a selection of essays by prominent library builders and critics:…