| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Phoenix, Arizona, United States | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1995 (design) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Bruder, William P. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-12-24T17:02:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-12-24T17:02:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-12-24 | |
| dc.identifier | 244512 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 453 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/152950 | |
| dc.description | Margaret T. Hance Park, public sculpture; DWL Architects and Will Bruder teamed to design the building, the central library for the Phoenix Public Library system. Ongoing work has been performed by Will Bruder+Partners. The building incorporates a Buckminster Fuller tensegrity structure in its roof and is physically oriented for a display of sunlight alignment on equinox days. The building is five stories; most of the fifth floor is an open, 1-acre (0.40 ha) reading room. The entire building is connected by a five-floor glass-and-steel elevator and stairwell known as the "Crystal Canyon." The footprint of the library is based upon 32 ft. 8 in. square bays, a measurement derived from library stack modules. In 2010, the library received a LEED Existing Buildings Silver 2.0 designation. Source: ArchDaily; http://www.archdaily.com/ (accessed 6/6/2013) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | copper; steel; concrete; glass; stainless steel | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
| dc.subject | parks (recreation areas) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sustainable buildings | en_US |
| dc.subject | green architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | passive solar | en_US |
| dc.subject | Twentieth century | en_US |
| dc.title | Burton Barr Central Library | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A2-US-PH-BL-D43 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | library (building) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | William P. Bruder (American architect, born 1946) | en_US |
