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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, United States)en_US
dc.coverage.temporal1960-1963 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorSkidmore, Owings & Merrillen_US
dc.creatorBunshaft, Gordonen_US
dc.creatorNoguchi, Isamuen_US
dc.date1960-1963en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-19T16:56:45Z
dc.date.available2013-12-19T16:56:45Z
dc.date.issued1960-1963en_US
dc.identifier241890en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2846en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/150179
dc.descriptionPathway between enclosure all on the right and the tower area, with pergola arching overhead; It is the largest building in the world reserved exclusively for the preservation of rare books and manuscripts. The six-story above-ground building is supported on four massive piers at the corners of the building, which descend 50 feet to bedrock. The books stacks are contained within a glass-enclosed tower in the center of the building (closed stacks only); materials are brought to patrons by staff in the basement level ("court level") reading room, which is ringed with windows and lit by the courtyard which opens into the plaza, surrounded with a low wall. There is another basement level for staff. The lobby area around the glass tower is used for exhibits. The interior is lit in part by the translucent marble slabs, which transmit an amber glow. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/6/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediumgranite; concrete; glass; marble panels; bronzeen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectincunabulaen_US
dc.subjectspecial collectionsen_US
dc.subjectpapyrien_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.titleBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Libraryen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-SOM-BRB-A30en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypelibrary (building)en_US
dc.contributor.displayGordon Bunshaft (American architect, 1909-1990); Isamu Noguchi (American sculptor, 1904-1988); Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (American architectural firm, founded 1939)en_US


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