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Architects: Levitt Goodman Architects
Location: Scott Library, York University, Toronto, Canada
Architect In Charge: Brock James
Design Team: Kris Payne, Amanda Reed
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 17,000 sq ft
Client: York University
Budget: $1.9 Million
Photographs: Bob Gundu, Ben Rahn © A-Frame Inc.
.— originally saw this at Anne Whisken’s curated content at scoop.it
Daegu Gosan Public Library Competition Entry / Ghirardelli Architetti — from archdaily.com by Alison Furuto
Courtesy of Ghirardelli Architetti
Excerpt:
A simple gesture like opening the pages of a book became the inspiration for Ghirardelli Architetti in their design proposal for the Daegu Gosan Public Library Competition. By interacting with their intellectual awareness, art, science and history, this can transform into a different state of being, separated from what is happening around us in where we discover leisure, tranquility and food for thought with infinite horizons to explore inside and outside ourselves. Their library design contains this knowledge and makes it available through intriguing spaces and activities, providing at the same time, individual detachment from the daily ritual. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Magnificent Five-Story Book Mountain Library — from mymodernnet.com posted by Katie Hosmer
Architecture firm MVRDV designed this magnificent library called Book Mountain, literally a mountain of books covered by a glass shell. The public library, located in Spijkenisse near Rotterdam
The 4 apps every architect should download now — from archdaily.com by Vanessa Quirk
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From DSC:
Also includes a nice section called “Other Reader-Recommended Apps Worth Checking out…”
Some sharp items as curated at http://www.scoop.it/t/library-learning-spaces/
Reading Revolution: 14 Marvelous Modern Libraries
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Brilliantly Bookish: 15 Dazzling Library Designs
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Google releases software framework for building interactive experiences in physical spaces — from archdaily.com by Alison Furuto
Yale University Art Gallery Renovation / Ennead Architects — from archdaily.com
The University of Wollongong AIIM / SKM – S2F — from archdaily.com
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Courtesy of SKM – S2F
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The Weston Family Learning Centre / Hariri Pontari Architects — from archdaily.com by Diego Hernandez
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© Tom Arban
© Tom Arban
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ExoPC and Panama team up to bring ‘tablet desks’ to students— from HuffingtonPost.com and The classroom of the future: Panama wants to give students “tablet desks” — from tabtimes.com by Doug Drinkwater
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Adobe Photoshop Controller for EXOdesk
Adobe Photoshop TM Controller for EXOdesk makes it possible to control Photoshop TM from an EXOdesk in order to boost your productivity.
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What’s happening in the workplace? — from metropolismag.com by Jan Johnson
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The evolving office in 2012, equipped with Allsteel’s collaborative furniture collection, Gather
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Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Steelcase, and IDEO Collaborate to Innovate on the Future of Meetings and Work
Marriott Hotels & Resorts Launches “The Future of Work Innovation Co-Labs” To Offer Enhanced Hosted Work Experiences for Gen X and Gen Y Global Travelers.
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
Los Angeles, Calif. – The nature of work is changing: it’s mobile, fast-paced and global. While most people demand choice and control to work when and how they want, wherever they are, working remotely doesn’t always offer consistent options when it comes to access, comforts and convenience. Marriott Hotels & Resorts, the flagship brand of Marriott International (NYSE:MAR); Steelcase, the world’s leading workplace experience provider; and global design and innovation consultancy, IDEO, today announced a collaboration to design, create and test innovative concepts and solutions for the future of work and meetings in hotels. The collaboration comes to life this week as a showcase of these potential solutions is unveiled at the Marriott Hotels & Resorts Global General Manager Conference in Los Angeles.
Also see:
Also see:
Also see:
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A sample image from University of Exeter item re: learning spaces
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The refurbished Forum Library
opens 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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My thanks to Mr. Steven Chevalia for this resource
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Stockholm’s school without classrooms — interesting piece from architizer.com
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Excerpt:
Children have wild imaginations. Take Max from Maurice Sendak’s illustrated classic Where the Wild Things Are, whose mischievous tantrums cause his room to sprout into a lush, inhabited forest. In a similar experience of my own, I can recall a particular elementary school gym class, in which the gym was transformed into the perilous domain of a sword-wielding ‘gorilla’—played by my gym teacher. The masked predator hid behind colossal trees of rolled blue gymnastic mats and tangled cargo net vines before springing out to prey on us hysterical, spritely youth.
[All photos © Kim Wendt and Rosan Bosch]
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Addendum on 1/12/12:
