Philanthropy and light : Carnegie libraries and the advent of transatlantic standards for public space /

Philanthropy and light : Carnegie libraries and the advent of transatlantic standards for public space / by Oriel Prizeman.

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Towards the end of the nineteenth century, philanthropist Andrew Carnegie supported the erection of almost three thousand public buildings across Britain and America. Seeking to gauge the extent of universal values, this book concentrates on the design and performance of a handful of early Carnegie...

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Main Author: Prizeman, Oriel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2011.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Library buildings > Lighting > History.
Carnegie libraries > United States > History > 19th century.
Carnegie libraries > United States > History > 20th century.
Carnegie libraries > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Carnegie libraries > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Library architecture > United States > History.
Library architecture > Great Britain > History.
Public libraries > Social aspects > United States > History.
Public libraries > Social aspects > Great Britain > History.
Public buildings > Environmental aspects > History.
Carnegie libraries
Library architecture
Library buildings > Lighting
Public buildings > Environmental aspects
Public libraries > Social aspects
Great Britain
United States
History

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Call Number: Z680 .P75 2011eb
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