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2005 Third edition large format oblong paperback. The book measures 8¼" x 11¾" it has xiv + 385 pages and is profusely illustrated with colour photographs, b/w architectural plans, drawings and diagrams. The spine has a vertcal crease, otherwise, the covers and contents are in very nice, clean, sound condition. VG+. …

Hardback. First Edition. 25 x 31cm 262pp near fine hardback in dust jacket, a small, previous price sticker on the rear jacket, has a handwritten inscription on the title page. n 1978, the UK Government announced its decision to commission a new national library. The old library at the British Museum had long since outgrown its Bloomsbury home, with much of the collection being housed in poor-quality storage 10 miles away. The new library would bring these and other important national collections together in a single, purpose-built building. / Designed by Sir Colin St John Wilson with 120,000m2 of space over 14 floors, the new British Library would be the largest public building constructed in the UK in the 20th century.In a series of interrelated essays, this book describes the British Library and the issues surrounding its design, construction, purpose and place in the architectural canon. Examining the experience of the building together with its form, these essays explore the ideas and aspirations behind its conception and its construction, offering insight into this striking, controversial, and stimulating building. Black and white reprodutions abound. Near fine in near fine dustjacket.…

Paperback. Zustand: Near fine in wraps. 1st Edition. 19 x 25cm 254pp near fine paperback with contents devoted to the Modernist Movement in Brazil in the 1940s and 1950s. Includes some black and white reproductions.