Eye-Popping, Show-Stopping Libraries: Trends and Insights from the Aia/ALA Library Building Awards

by Charles Forrest and Anders C. Dahlgren

Book Overview

Eye-Popping Show-Stopping Libraries starts out by recounting the beginning of the relationship between the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) to establish the Library Building awards and traces the development of the program over the following five decades. In the next seven chapters the authors have grouped selected award-winning libraries by big themes, to explore the evolution of service innovations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538128381
• ISBN13: 9781538128381
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 11.0"