Yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library is the largest building in the world dedicated to the containment and preservation of rare books, manuscripts, and documents. This striking building contains a stunning collection of collections, examples from which were photographed by stan godlewski, and this celebratory. About the beinecke renovation beinecke library renovation. Bunshaft designed three major institutional buildings. Im having a hard time editing the most pertinent information from the beinecke website but ill try. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university.
Send this to a friend login contribute comment media kit linking. The library opened in 1963, known for its translucent facade. The school bus crew visited the beinecke rare book library. It was time to celebrate our success and our remarkable building architect gordon bunshafts masterpiece of marble, granite, bronze and glass but after 50 years as a worldclass center of research and scholarship, the librarys infrastructure needs upgrading. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university. The second part of henrie the fourth, containing to his death, and coronation of henrie the fift. Louis kahn, section drawing, concept architecture, exeter, floor plans. The beinecke librarys robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world.
May 04, 1988 the library, at yale university, began as the rare book and manuscript room in yales main sterling memorial library. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library brbl was a 1963 gift of the beinecke family. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other. The beinecke library s robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. Yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library is the largest. It was time to celebrate our success and our remarkable building architect gordon bunshafts masterpiece of marble, granite, bronze and glass. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university, designed by gordon bunshaft of skidmore, owings, and merrill. Interior of the beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university in new haven, connecticut, designed by architect gordon bunshaft. This led to the idea of housing about 160,000 volumes on six levels within the 35 x 60foot glass shaft in the center of the building, resting the weight of most of the books on the slab at the buildings base rather than on intermediate floors, and providing a central element to help support the roof. The building, designed by architect gordon bunshaft, of the firm of skidmore, owings, and merrill, is the largest building in the world reserved exclusively for the preservation of rare books. Gordon bunshaft and the beinecke, from som web site.
Yale coddles and shares rare books the new york times. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library by gordon bunshaft. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars. Gordon bunshaft, may 9, 1909 august 6, 1990, was an american architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the midtwentieth century. Paul rudolph, the then dean of the yale school of architecture, decided to hold a competition between four firms for the privilege to design the beinecke library. Images in this article were provided by esto photographics as part of. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library by som, 1963. Beinecke rare book library, by gordon bunshaft som, at new haven, connecticut, 1963. In summarizing the entire design of the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, gordon bunshaft has said. Glass and steel structures of the 1950s, such as new yorks chase manhattan bank, gave way to revolutionary designs in concrete, such as the beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university and the doughnutshaped hirshhorn museum in washington, dc. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts. The plan and section views here convey the central shelving unit in the interior which houses most of the volumes along with the series of underground areas that are underneath the surrounding plaza. The library, at yale university, began as the rare book and manuscript room in yales main sterling memorial library.
Beinecke rare book and manuscript library beinecke rare bo. Cloistered by a shell of stone, the 1963 beinecke rare book and manuscript library in yale, us, is one of the worlds foremost collections of rare manuscripts. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library wikipedia. These are the most beautiful university libraries in america. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library beinecke rare. Beinecke library showing 1 16 of 123788 for search.
The building that convinced me to become an architect. One of the worlds largest libraries devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts, it is yale universitys principal repository of literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books. Gordon bunshaft beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Beinecke library 9920 elizabethan club 34 sterling memorial library 8 law library 1 curated collection the osborn collection 198 worlds fairs 181. Som yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library turns 50. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library architectuul. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library youtube. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct. The beinecke library of yale university beinecke rare. We know that we have provided the proper protection against theft and fire and a controlled environment ideal for book storage.
Arguably buffalos most famous homegrown architect gordon. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library of yale university celebrates its fortieth anniversary with an exhibition and with this book that is itself a celebration of a great architectural monument of modernism photographed by richard cheek. Media in category beinecke rare book and manuscript library the following 36 files are in this category, out of 36 total. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library home facebook. It would have to mix storage, offices, exhibit space.
Since its opening in 1963, the marble exterior of beinecke rare book and manuscript library has kept hidden yales most obscure texts and invited the speculation of visitors and students alike. Yale hired gordon bunshaft of the firm skidmore, owings and merrill, who proposed what he called a treasure house for books. Stephen jones, head of access services at the beinecke library, shared with the news some of the most widespread. The former marine midland building, an internationalstyle office tower designed by gordon bunshaft and som in 1967, is distinctive for how its imposing black massing floats above a plaza of. But after 50 years as a worldclass center of research and scholarship, the librarys infrastructure needs upgrading.
Yales renovated beinecke library to reopen september 6. Bunshaft s career was marked by shifts in material. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library som. It was designed by soms gordon bunshaft and is located in new. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library contains the principal.
Gordon bunshaft architectural drawings and papers, 1909. With the humours of sir iohn falstaffe, and swaggering pistoll. Space was needed for about 800,000 books, exhibition areas, staff offices, and a reading room. Coincidentally later worked for the firm that designed it som. Beinecke rare book library by gordon bunshaft som architect, at new haven, connecticut, 1963, architecture in the great buildings online. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library was an architectural incongruity amid the universitys traditional neoclassical and neogothic campus. Gordon bunshaft, faia may 9, 1909 august 6, 1990, was an american architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the midtwentieth century. The beinecke library of yale university beinecke rare book. Get ready for the irish biennale as architects take on. The long list of his notable buildings includes lever house in new york, the beinecke rare book and manuscript. An architectural drawing of beinecke rare book library in the great buildings online. Beinecke rare book library, by gordon bunshaft som, at new haven.
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