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Nimmo, Andrew – Australian Library Journal, 2012
Libraries have undergone an extraordinary transformation over the last twenty years--from glorified book warehouse to interactive learning environment. For an architect they are currently amongst the most exciting projects to be commissioned to design. Innovation and "Next Generation" are the buzz words. However instead of exploring a first…
Descriptors: Libraries, Architecture, Stakeholders, Innovation
Exceptional Parent, 2010
This article describes how Beverly and Martin Ryfa, working with an architect who specializes in accessible design, were able to build a house that is handicap accessible for their 9-year-old daughter, Danielle, who suffered an intraventricular hemorrhage when she was three days old. The article describes the features of their house that make…
Descriptors: Structural Elements (Construction), Architecture, Accessibility (for Disabled), Program Descriptions
Black, Alistair – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2011
Although the quality, performance and future of public library services in the UK is a matter of debate, there is little doubt that in recent years, despite claims relating to the emergence of a cyber-society, interest in library buildings and the library as "place" has been intense, almost matching that seen during the Carnegie era of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Interior Design, Library Facilities, Public Libraries
Leather, Deborah J.; Marinho, Rita Duarte – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2009
For the last few decades, improving learning space has generally meant renovations to existing space, because raising new buildings has simply not been within most public or private institutions' budgetary capacity. But sometimes, the opportunity to oversee the development of a new building occurs. The dean who is given such an important project…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Deans, Educational Facilities Planning, Administrator Role