Yale rare book library, beinecke library architect. The beinecke library, one of the worlds greatest repository of books and manuscripts documenting the humanities, is also one of the gems of 20thcentury modernist architecture. Beinecke library is one of those amazing nonhidden structuresif you know how to stare at it. Yale university s 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. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library photos by salt water new england beinecke houses one of the worlds largest collections of rare books and manuscripts and currently has about half a million volumes and several million manuscripts.
Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library, projects, som website. With the humours of sir iohn falstaffe, and swaggering pistoll. Campbell will pryce the beinecke library, yale university the beinecke library, yale university, new haven, 1963 by gordon bunshaft beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct. This book takes the visitor through the building with gorgeous views of the gordon bunshaft structure and into the reading room, with essays by library curators on the treasures it holds. Paul weidlinger and gordon bunshaft from som were the engineer and architect in charge of the design of this beautiful building. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library docomomo. Detail of the beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale, new haven, connecticut. The beinecke librarys robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars. Lever house, beinecke rare book and manuscript library, hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden lever house, new york city gordon bunshaft, faia may 9, 1909 august 6, 1990, was an american architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the midtwentieth century. Hoppin professor and dean of the yale school of architecture, discusses the architecture and history of the beinecke library, designed by gordon bunshaft of the firm skidmore, owings and merrill. Construction photographs of the beinecke library are available in the beineckes digital collections. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale gordon.
The librarys holdings include about a million items, most of which are housed onsite at the gordon bunshaftdesigned building. The purpose of the building is to serve as a research center for students. Beinecke library showing 1 16 of 123389 for search. The librarys collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. Beinecke rare book library at yale university, new haven, connecticut gordon bunshaftsom iphone 4 with hdr pro. Beinecke houses one of the worlds largest collections of rare books and manuscripts and currently has about half a million volumes and several million manuscripts. Oxfords di lewis and ds hathaway are dispatched to america to investigate. Beinecke rare book library by gordon bunshaft som architect, at new haven, connecticut, 1963, architecture in the great buildings online. Translucent marble facade reflecting off of a glass table.
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. It sits in the heart of yale campus, new haven, connecticut, and it is one. Barbara hammer archive adds to beineckes collections of. Its preeminent collection provides extraordinarily rich resources for the study of sexual modernism and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender life and culture in the twentieth century. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library construction photographs. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library digital collections. This book takes the visitor through the building with gorgeous views of the gordon bunshaft structure and into the reading room, with essays by library curators on. Click on image or caption above to see image in the zoom viewer. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts, the library can accommodate 180,000 volumes in the central tower and more than 600,000 volumes in the underground book stacks. The long list of his notable buildings includes lever house in new york, the beinecke rare book and manuscript. A modernized beinecke library opens next month architect. Introduction the beinecke rare book and manuscript library is one of the worlds largest buildings devoted to rare books and manuscripts housing about 180,000 volumes in the central tower and over 1 million that are kept in the underground book stacks. The second part of henrie the fourth, containing to his death, and coronation of henrie the fift. It is the largest building in the world reserved exclusively for the preservation of rare books and manuscripts.
The building was designed by gordon bunshaft and completed in 1963. Bunshaft made the central book stack out of bronze. Beinecke digital studio new haven in 1963, yale university opened the most modern of structures to house its most ancient of books. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library has one of the worlds largest collections of rare books. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library has acquired the archives of visual artist and filmmaker barbara hammer. Courtesy manuscripts and archives, yale university library you couldnt invent a firm of more interest or appeal to organization theorists and historians of capitalism than som. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct. Jun 21, 2018 the librarys collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. But after 50 years as a worldclass center of research and scholarship, the librarys infrastructure needs upgrading.
Nov 19, 2019 bunshaft put aluminum facing on the mullions at union carbide and projected them out from the facade like sculpture. This project was born when paul rudolph, the dean of the yale school of architecture at the time, initiated a competition between four architectural firms to design the beinecke library. 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. A musthave for aficionados of rare books, this volume lovingly shows how a great research library is at the heart of the university educational experience. Perhaps his most direct swipe at mies came in the beinecke library at yale university 1963. The building composed of vermont marble and granite, bronze and glass was designed by gordon bunshaft, of the firm of skidmore, owings and merrill. Sunlight is passing through the translucent marble. It serves as a principal repository for early manuscripts and rare books, including a gutenberg bible. Beinecke library, yale architecture, beautiful library. Silence and gordon bunshaft yale university press blog. As they cross the plaza, lamenting the expected lack of a proper pint, a siren blares and people run from the building. For hours and other information, visit the beineckes website. Aug 01, 2017 cloistered by a protective shell of stone, the beinecke rare book and manuscript library is one of the worlds foremost collections of rare manuscripts. The building was designed by pritzker prizewinning architect gordon bunshaft of the firm of skidmore, owings, and merrill.
Newman architects and fms collaborated in the building renovation where the lighting scope centered on replacing the mostly original incandescent light fixtures with leds while preserving the. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts, the library can accommodate 180,000 volumes in the central tower and more than 600,000. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts. Beinecke library 7 beinecke rare book library at yale. Jan 16, 2020 gordon bunshaft stands in front of the beinecke rare book library at yale university 1963. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library turns 50. It sits in the heart of yale campus, new haven, connecticut, and it is. Abaa glossary of book collecting terms abc for book collectors pdf bookbinding and the conservation of books catalogers desktop classification web estc estc web matching heritage of the printed book hpb lc. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library home facebook. In addition to its remarkable collection, the beinecke is known for its architecture. 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 all light comes through the stones in the wall, and the honeycolor trickle of sun rays makes it magical. Bunshaft s career was marked by shifts in material. Gordon bunshaft stands in front of the beinecke rare book library at yale university 1963. Opened in 1963, the library is renowned for its translucent marble facade and the worldrenowned glass book tower sheltered within a dramatic arrangement resulting from the particular requirements of a repository for literary artifacts. Sgh has undertaken over ten projects at the library, which included rehabilitation of enclosure and structure systems and the development of. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library was an architectural incongruity amid the universitys traditional neoclassical and neogothic campus. It was time to celebrate our success and our remarkable building architect gordon bunshafts masterpiece of marble, granite, bronze and glass.
Beinecke rare book & manuscript library gordon bunshaft som 1. Oxfords bodleian library has lent a collection of rare and historical documents to yales beinecke. Gordon bunshaft, faia may 9, 1909 august 6, 1990, was an american architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the midtwentieth century. 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. Like a series of taut metal sheets in a work by someone like naum gabo or richard lippold, they shift as we move around the building. The beinecke houses outstanding special collections devoted to american literature, german literature, western americana, and british literary and historical. Stephen jones, head of access services at the beinecke library, shared with the news some of the most widespread rumors and absurd myths that. Known for his glassandsteel curtain wall designs, bunshaft knew that large windows would be a risky. One of the worlds largest libraries devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts, it is yale university s principal repository of literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books. It also reflects the wonderful collaboration between engineers and architects.
Introduction beinecke library is one of those amazing nonhidden structuresif you know how to stare at it. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library. The beinecke library, yale university, new haven, 1963 by gordon bunshaft beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct. Beinecke library of yale university yale university press. 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. You cant spell som without gordon bunshaft metropolis.
Yale university, beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Construction photographs of the beinecke library are available in the beinecke s digital collections. 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. In addition to its remarkable collection, the beinecke is. They will be open for research in 2018 following archival processing. Beinecke rare book library gordon bunshaft som great. Lever house and more from gordon bunshafts som portfolio. Gordon bunshaft, som translucent marble facade reflecting off of a glass table new haven, ct completed in 1963 n.
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