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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Denver, Colorado, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1956 (creation); 1990-1995 (alteration)en_US
dc.creatorGraves, Michaelen_US
dc.creatorHoyt, Burnhamen_US
dc.date1955-1956en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-19T19:43:14Z
dc.date.available2013-02-19T19:43:14Z
dc.date.issued1955-1956en_US
dc.identifier191609en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1330en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/98894
dc.descriptionReading alcoves near the central lobby; "Denver Central Library, the eighth largest library in the U.S., is located on Civic Center Park between the city's art museum and history museum. The project encompassed a renovation of the existing 133,000-square-foot library, designed by Burnham Hoyt and completed in 1956, and an expansion of 405,000 square feet. The scale and coloration of the expansion, as well as the individualized massing of its components, allow the original library to maintain its own identity as one element of a larger composition. Two public entrances establish an east-west axis through the Great Hall, a three-story vaulted public room of urban scale, which is the focal point for visitor orientation and circulation. The south-facing rotunda contains specialized functional areas such as the reference room and periodicals center, with the Western History Reading Room above." Source: Michael Graves & Associates; http://www.michaelgraves.com/ (accessed 7/7/2008)en_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjecteducationalen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectPostmodernen_US
dc.titleCentral Denver Public Libraryen_US
dc.title.alternativeDenver Public Libraryen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-GM-DPL-C6en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypelibrary (building)en_US
dc.contributor.displayBurnham Hoyt (American architect, 1887- ca. 1960); Michael Graves (American architect, born 1934)en_US


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