Assalamualaikum wbt...
Did i tell u i 'loike' library??? Jom kita cekidout some gorgeous libraries around de world... Ne berdasarkan buku The Library: A World History karya hasil jalan-jalan pengembaraan arkitek sejarah (maybe building architect) dan jurufoto Will Pryce. Both of them traveled the globe together, visiting and documenting over eighty libraries that exemplify the many different approaches to thinking about and designing libraries... Yang disenaraikan oleh yahoo newss ado kat bawah ne jer lah... so kalau korang TER pergi daerah2 yang disebutkan boleh lah singgah... hehehe...
as mentioned, ada lebih 80 libraries yang diaorang visit, tapi kat bawah ne ada 18 jer... mungkin kena beli ler kot buku nyer kalau jumpa... tengok le kalau BBW ada buat sale dan ada jumpa buku ne pada harga bawah spuloh hengget... hehehehe... nak tengok gambar jer pon....
Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, 1850. Paris, France.
The library is 83.5m (274ft)
long and 21m (69ft) wide and its famous iron roof is supported on sixteen iron
columns.
The George Peabody Library, 1878. Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
The
library employed iron for both its strength and fire-resistant properties.
The
columns and all the interior decoration appear to be stone but in fact they are
entirely cast and wrought iron.
The Tripitaka Koreana, 1251, Haeinsa Temple, South Korea.
This view shows the
inside of the longer of the two halls that house the Tripitaka Koreana.
Utrecht University
Library, 2004. Utrecht, Netherlands.
The main stair which leads from the ground
floor to the reception.
Will Pryce: "This is a very imposing library from a time when Portugal was
extremely wealthy and powerful. It is very dark but features intricate gold leaf
which gives it magical luminosity. The backs of the bookcases each have
different color, and there are integrated ladders that pull out, and secret
doors that lead to reading rooms."
Abbey of St Gall Library, 1763. St Gallen, Switzerland.
The library has
manyforms of decoration, including putti in niches above the cases, representing
the mechanical disciplines and the fine arts.
Admont Abbey Library, 1776. Admont, Austria.
The books in the originalcollection
were rebound in white at enormous expense to match the rest of the decorative
scheme.
Altenburg Abbey Library, 1742. Altenburg, Austria.
This view down thesecond half
of the library from the central dome (opposite) gives a clear idea of the room’s
size.
Mafra Palace Library, 1771. Mafra, Portugal.
The view shows the doors to the
galleries (visible in the foreground at left), which are not hidden as they are
in many libraries of the time, but are decorated with Rococo surrounds.
The National Library of
China, 2008. Beijing, China.
Designed by the Germanfirm Jürgen Engel Architects,
the library has a reading room that is roughly square on plan and steps
downwards, getting progressively …
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National Library of China, 2008. Beijing, China. Designed by the Germanfirm
Jürgen Engel Architects, the library has a reading room that is roughly square
on plan and steps downwards, getting progressively smaller at each level.
The Codrington Library, 1751 All Souls College. Oxford, United Kingdom.
Hawskmoor
did not live to see the completion of the library, which was carried out by
James Gibbs.
Biblioteca Marciana, 1564.
Venice, Italy.
The first-floor entrance vestibule, which is reached by a
dramatic and richly decorated staircase from an ornate doorway in the centre of
the ground floor. (Photo by Will Pryce)Biblioteca Marciana, 1564.
Venice, Italy. The first-floor entrance vestibule, which is reached by a
dramatic and richly decorated staircase from an ornate doorway in the centre of
the ground floor.
Phillips Exeter Academy Library, 1971. Exeter, NH, United States of America.
This photograph shows the view looking straight up in the main hallto the
cruciform beams that support the roof slab.
*weih...library apakah ini?*
*unknown*
tak macam library pon...
Biblioteca Malatestiana, 1452. Cesena, Italy.
The room is lit by small windows
with thick bull’s-eye glass that provides a diffuse green light.
Communications and Media
Centre, BTU Cottbus, 2004. Cottbus, Germany.
The floors are connected by lifts
and fire-escape stairs in brightly coloured circular concrete spiral staircase
that twists its way through a series …
moreCommunications and Media Centre, BTU Cottbus, 2004. Cottbus,
Germany. The floors are connected by lifts and fire-escape stairs in brightly
coloured circular concrete spiral staircase that twists its way through a series
o one- and two-storey study spaces
The Russian State Library, 1945. Moscow, Russia.
Although the architects
Vladimir Shchuko and Vladimir Gelfreikh were commissioned to prepare designs in
1927, the library did not move into its present building until themiddle of the
20th century.
Shoin, Reizei House, 17th century (rebuilt 1789) Kyoto, Japan. A particularly
beautiful shoin (study room).
*Kau...biar betul... 3/4 masa aku tido kalau camne keadaannya... Nyaman sekali... *
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