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Full-Text Articles in Architecture
The Library And Halls Of Residence: Plans And Descriptions, Bryn Mawr College
The Library And Halls Of Residence: Plans And Descriptions, Bryn Mawr College
Architecture, Grounds, and History
No abstract provided.
1931-10-22, Joseph & Joseph Architecture Company
1931-10-22, Joseph & Joseph Architecture Company
Olmsted Brothers Correspondence
Handwritten copy of a letter written by Joseph & Joseph on October 22, 1931 to Hattie Button on the completion dates of buildings on campus.
An Artisan Is Inspired By His Task
An Artisan Is Inspired By His Task
About the Buildings
In this modem age of speed and dehumanised American industry, it is not usual to find, even in the artistic side of architectural design, a work created and evolved out of an intense love of the task itself, a burning desire which is so strong that it completely overshadows any purely commercial considerations. Quite by accident, a case of this type has been revealed in connection with the design and completion of the stained glass university and college seals which are a vital part of the effective color scheme of the recently completed William W. Cook Legal Research Building.
A Book Of The Lawyers Quadrangle At The University Of Michigan
A Book Of The Lawyers Quadrangle At The University Of Michigan
About the Buildings
William W. Cook of the Class of '82, had a dream, and he lived in this dream from its inception until his death. It was to develop a great law school, housed in the most inspiring of buildings and devoted to the ideal of creating leaders of men. He often said, "Intellectual leadership is the greatest problem which faces America today; without leaders we perish." This he placed above all else. With these ideals in mind he proceeded with his work. Architects and artists were dispatched to centers of learning both here and abroad in order that the law school …
Yale University Library Gazette Special Issue On The Sterling Memorial Library, Volume V, Number 4 (April 1931), Yale University Library
Yale University Library Gazette Special Issue On The Sterling Memorial Library, Volume V, Number 4 (April 1931), Yale University Library
Publications on Yale History
The essence of a library is the bookstack, tier upon tier of self-supporting shelves with long slits of windows lighting narrow aisles. In the evolution of the modern library, it has become almost a matter of course to treat this structure as something to be subordinated in the exterior design. Not infrequently it becomes the rear facade, obscured behind a screen of monumental rooms. In the design of the Sterling Memorial Library, one of the first principles was the placing of the stack in the most accessible and important position on the site and its direct expression as the dominating …
World's Finest Educational Building: William W. Cook Legal Research Library Nears Completion As Unit Of Law Quadrangle, The Michigan Alumnus
World's Finest Educational Building: William W. Cook Legal Research Library Nears Completion As Unit Of Law Quadrangle, The Michigan Alumnus
About the Buildings
As the finishing touches are applied, the nearly completed William W. Cook Legal Research Library looms upward impressively from its position at the southern border of the Law Quadrangle.
Ua1b1/7 Physical Education Building Dedication, Western Kentucky University
Ua1b1/7 Physical Education Building Dedication, Western Kentucky University
WKU Archives Records
Dedication program for the WKU Health & Physical Education Building which is now the Helm-Cravens Library building. The building was designed by Brinton Davis and cost $250,000 to build. The gymnasium could hold up to 5,000 people for which purpose it was used until the completion of Diddle Arena in 1963.
College Tops Hill Where Old Fort Once Stood, Mattie Mclean
College Tops Hill Where Old Fort Once Stood, Mattie Mclean
WKU Archives Records
Supplement to the Park City Daily News promoting Western Kentucky University through the announcement of the completion of the Physical Education Building in 1931 which became Helm Library in 1965. Includes articles: Captain Brinton Davis Now Known as Hill Builder, Moore Brothers Completed Work Here with Ease, Physical Ed Building One of Prettiest, Mills Partitions Used in Physical Education Hall, Local Companies Sold Materials in New Building and New Building is Fitted with Safe Stairway Treads.