Phillips Exeter Academy Library Sketch

And i felt that would be a private carrel a kind of discovered place in the folds of construction.

Phillips exeter academy library sketch. The phillips exeter bulletin spring 2004. See more ideas about phillips exeter academy exeter exeter library. When it became clear in the 1950s that the library had outgrown its existing building the school. I felt the reading room would be where a person is alone near a widow.

The library of the phillips exeter academy has a large empty volume a definitive feature that created by kahn. I made the outer depth of the building like a brick. The library received the aia s twenty five year award in 1997. Phillips exeter academy in new hampshire a historical sketch 9781356345540 pdf writen by charles henry bell.

5 armstrong et al 6. 3 rodney armstrong the new library the phillips exeter bulletin summer 1967. The phillips exeter academy library however is the only kahn building that made the public s list. 4 rodney armstrong elliot g.

While the plan and the section of this empty space offers a cavernous point the interior space is in fact incredibly complex. With approximately 3 000 print and electronic volumes the academy library designed by louis kahn provides a welcoming atmosphere to learn and explore. The circular openings extend from the four areas of wall to the ceiling ending with large concrete cross. Fish and albert c.

The client specified the use of exeter brick stone and slate. The aia honored the works of perhaps no other architect more than that of louis kahn 1971 gold medalist. Ganley proposals for the library at the phillips exeter academy exeter nh. Class of 1945 library phillips exeter academy.

Phillips exeter academy library is a library that serves phillips exeter academy an independent boarding school located in exeter new hampshire it is the largest secondary school library in the world containing 160 000 volumes over nine levels with a shelf capacity of 250 000 volumes. Phillips exeter academy 1966 1. Apr 27 2017 explore gingqw911 s board phillips exeter academy library on pinterest. This work was reproduced from the original artifact.