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Библиотеката като място
The Library as a Place

Author(s): Bisser Kozlev
Subject(s): Architecture, Societal Essay
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Library history; Library spaces; Library architecture; Library buildings, Library design

Summary/Abstract: The essay provides a short popular history of the library from an architect's point of view. How libraries form as a specific place from Antiquity till our digital today; how that space develops and to what extent remains unchanged; why and how we collect books; why, as private readers, we still need public spaces for books and reading; and how the reader's comfort seems the ultimate goal of the contemporary library spaces.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 44-51
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian