The Architecture of Information
Publisher: The British Council (Visual Arts publications); British Council
Published: September 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9780863553493
Subjects: Architecture; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides
Description: This exhibition is about the architecture of libraries, either recently constructed, or under construction or about to be constructed. The projects chosen include the British Library at St Pancras in London by Colin St John Wilson & Partners, the Ruskin Library at the University of Lancaster by MacCormac Jamieson Prichard, the Carré d'Art in Nîmes by Foster & Partners and the Eden Project in Cornwall by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners.