Public libraries. A treatise on their design, construction and fittings, with a chapter on the principles of planning, and a summary of the law (1907)
Champneys, Amian Lister · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 181
ranches being chiefly devoted to the delivery of lending books and the provision of periodicals. This arrangement is by no means invariable, but it is so obviously superior to others that under the subsequent heads of central and branch libraries only those which conform to this principle will be… … 97. Hackney Central Library. (Second Premiated Design.) Messrs Trimnell or Davison , Architects If it is on a large scale, it will usually consist of two main parts, a big reference reading room, often with supplementary rooms for special purposes, and a capacious book room. Generally, too, there…
Library architecture · Library fittings and supplies
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