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Introduction. In 1965, Louis Kahn was called on to design a library and dining area for the high school community in the Phillips Exeter Academy. This library is one of the most important and visually austere buildings Kahn built for an American university. The architect was chosen based on the results achieved in the projects of new buildings ...
Seen across the grass lawn of the Phillips Exeter Academy campus, the Library is a massive, cubic brick block, 111 feet (334 metres) wide and 80 feet (24 metres) tall, its re-entrant corners stepping back to reveal the four 88 foot (2.7 metre) wide 'brick buildings' housing the carrels. Each facade extends beyond the last perpendicular brick ...
25 de abr. de 2024 · Academy Library Visitor Policy. The Class of 1945 Library is a private, high-school library with a mission to support the educational and residential needs of the community at Phillips Exeter Academy. Our building is extraordinary, and the interest in visiting is high. We are only able to welcome visitors under the parameters below. Researchers:
25 de abr. de 2024 · Our Louis Kahn Building. An outstanding collaboration of design and technology, this icon of cleanly articulated structure is a cultural center and modern architectural masterpiece for the original quadrangle of the renowned Academy. With approximately 315,000 print and electronic volumes, the Academy Library, designed by Louis Kahn, provides a ...
Carina Martinez. Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Louis Kahn 1965-1972, Exeter, New Hampshire. Built in 1911, the Davis Library at the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire resembled an English country house and inside had four floors that housed 5,000 volumes. As the collection grew over the years, the building was often criticized for its ...
The Phillips Exeter Academy library's web site is an excellent resource. Click on "Design of the Library" to see links to a Kahn Reference Guide, Floor Schematics, etc. Figure 6 of an academic paper called "The Tectonic Integration of Louis I. Kahn′s Exeter Library" provides a helpful exploded view drawing of the library's constituent parts.
Louis Kahn. Phillips Exeter Academy Library è una biblioteca che serve Phillips Exeter Academy, un collegio indipendente situato a Exeter, nel New Hampshire. È la più grande biblioteca della scuola secondaria del mondo, contenente 160.000 volumi su nove livelli con una capacità di scaffali di 250.000 volumi. Quando divenne chiaro negli anni ...
