This a listed building designed by sir basil spence glover ferguson and completed in 1967 has been highlighted as a good example of modernist design.
Edinburgh university main library floor plan.
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Welcome to the main library lower ground floor study spaces group study bookable rooms cloud printing photocopying and scanning open access computers drinking water fountains x 2 ground floor library cafe is.
Try not to spend all the time staring out of the window though.
The university s prime requirement was for a flexible building that could adapt to the changing needs of the library.
Perhaps the best example in edinburgh of a successful brutalist building is the university of edinburgh s main library.
Sketch proposals for alternative layouts.
Exam papers online provides access for staff and students of the university of edinburgh to the collected degree examination papers of the university from 2004 onwards they may be used by students as a study aid only.
It also houses the library s general collections of books and periodicals older books in all subjects most of the special collections of rare books and manuscripts the university archives and the lothian health service archive.
Improve facilities and services at the main library.
Main library george square.
Both library and floor as geosciences books may be held in the main library george square and or murray library king s buildings.
When the architect sir basil spence was commissioned to design the new university library which was to become the heart of the university s future developments he adopted a very functional approach whilst still caring for the aesthetics of his building.
The main library holds the primary collections in arts humanities social sciences medicine and informatics.
Lewis hickey were appointed in 2005 as architects and lead consultant for the 36 million refurbishment of the university of edinburgh s main library building in george square edinburgh.
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With this in mind the architects specified floor plates able to take stack loads at all points and kept the number of structural partitions to a minimum.
A warm welcome to the university of edinburgh library.
Main library george square.