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The Los Angeles Central Library (Hardcover)
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The Los Angeles Central Library (Hardcover)
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In the most comprehensive investigation of the Los Angeles Public
Library's early history and architectural genesis ever undertaken,
Kenneth Breisch chronicles the institution's first six decades,
from its founding as a private library association in 1872 through
the completion of the iconic Central Library building in 1933.
During this time, the library evolved from an elite organisation
ensconced in two rooms on the second floor of a downtown LA
commercial block into one of the largest public library systems in
the United States-with architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue's
building, a beloved LA landmark, as its centrepiece. Goodhue
developed a new style, fully integrating the building's sculptural
and epigraphic program with its architectural forms to express a
complex iconography. Working closely with sculptor Lee Oskar Lawrie
and philosopher Hartley Burr Alexander, he created a great civic
monument that, combined with the library's murals, embodies an
overarching theme: the light of learning. "A building should read
like a book, from its title entrance to its alley colophon," wrote
Alexander-a narrative approach to design that serves as a key to
understanding Goodhue's architectural gem.
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