Philanthropy and light: Carnegie libraries and the advent of transatlantic standards for public space
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1. Verfasser: Prizeman, Oriel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham, Surrey, England Ashgate c2011
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USA
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Setting standards for public library environments -- Setting standards for public light -- Public darkness and light : the cycle of environment and philanthropy -- Private darkness and light: the diurnal cycle of work and leisure -- Specifying public light -- The performance of public light
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie supported the erection of almost three thousand public buildings across Britain and America. Seeking to gauge the extent of universal values, this book concentrates on the design and performance of a handful of early Carnegie library buildings in Britain and America, identifying their response to contemporary design theory, but also by contrast to their respective local environmental contexts. It also looks more broadly at the twentieth-century legacy of shared international environmental standards for public spaces in g
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ISBN:9781409427995
1409427994
9781409427988
1409427986
9781280690129
1280690127

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