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Saint John's University; Alcuin Library

Breuer, Marcel
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Alternative Title
Alcuin Library
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/146752
Date
1964-1966
Description
View of lower level entrance of Bush Center (later addition) with bell banner and abbey church in the background; The space of the Main Circulation Room (which can seat 400) is kept open by two massive concrete "trees" as the only supports of the 860 ton roof. The support points are visible on the flat roof, viewed from above. The library was originally built for a capacity of 550,000 volumes. The wedged-shaped, basement level Bush Center, better known as the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (HMML) was added to the library in 1975, also by Breuer.
Type of Work
library (building)
Subject
architecture, contemporary (1960 to present), Education, manuscript archives, Twentieth century, Modernist
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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