The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars. Yale university art gallery louis kahn save this project. Yale university announced today that the 1963 beinecke rare book. In 1963, yale university opened the most modern of structures to house its most ancient of books. One of the worlds largest libraries devoted entirely to rare books and. Architecture, domestic designs and plans archives at yale. Sgh has undertaken over ten projects at the library, which included rehabilitation of enclosure and structure systems and the. Also included are images of nearly 100 worksbasketry, beadwork, drawings, photography, pottery, textiles, and wood carving, from the early 1800s to the present daydrawn from the collections of the gallery, the yale peabody museum of natural history, and the beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Were transitioning to a new, more integrated search platform for our digital collections.
Henry austin, who designed dwight hall, built more for the city of new haven than for yale itself his work for the elm city includes its city hall and the widely acclaimed gates of the grove street cemetery. This is the third calendar she has produced for the librarythe first two announced programming that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 20. The tours start at the yale visitor center at 149 elm street new haven, ct 06511. The collection also hosts an active exhibition program and. Detail of the beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale, new haven, connecticut. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library architectuul. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale. The amazing beinecke rare book library of yale university. Medical historical library, harvey cushing john hay whitney medical library. The colorful exhibition documents the media frenzy provoked two centuries ago by the attempt of king. The drawings include sketches, schematics, site plans, and working and record drawings.
The yale library senior exhibit fellowship is designed to provide one rising senior with training in curatorial skills and culminating in the production of a library exhibition based on the students senior essay topic using materials from the yale library collections. A modernized beinecke library opens next month architect. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library som. This unique design, very much in the modernist lineage but in. Yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library is the largest.
Gordon bunshaft beinecke library structure architecture. The surveys for connecticut 19211940 cover population, state libraries, electricity, and zoning, also specifications for a house in hamden. American landscape and architectural design 18501920. The amazing beinecke rare book library of yale university with no windows. Emmet byrne is the design director and associate curator of design at the walker art center, minneapolis.
The beinecke librarys robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. This teaching collection from the graduate school of design at harvard university comprises of the lantern slides from the schools of architecture, landscape architecture and city planning, which were combined in 1936 to form the graduate school of design. Beinecke rare book library gordon bunshaft som great. In the meantime you can search both from this interface, using the guidelines below to determine in which system you should look. There were two fullyear exhibitions that explored the librarys architecture and people as well as a. The yale university library, serving all constituent schools, holds more than 15 million volumes and is the thirdlargest academic library in the united states. Yale university a framework for campus planning 5 1 the yale corporation is the universitys governing board. Yale school of architecture alumnus and faculty member. Aug 03, 2015 in case you didnt know, most rare book libraries are built with no windows.
Stern, dean of the yale school of architecture, founder of robert a. Standard citation forms for rare materials cataloging. Yales beinecke rare book library facade architecture. Completed in 20, the library houses a rare book collection of 17 000 titles. Beinecke rare book library by gordon bunshaft som architect, at new haven, connecticut, 1963, architecture in the great buildings online. Designs for different futures records the concrete ideas and abstract dreams of designers, artists, academics, and scientists exploring how design might reframe our futures, socially, ethically, and aesthetically. Audacity, imagination, and critical thought underpin this vital compendium of future possibilities designs for different futures records the concrete ideas and abstract dreams of designers, artists, academics, and scientists exploring how design might reframe our futures, socially, ethically, and aesthetically. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library was an. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other. This way the quality and condition of the incredibly rare books is ensured and their longevity guaranteed. Glass and steel structures of the 1950s, such as new yorks chase manhattan bank, gave way to revolutionary designs in concrete, such as the beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university and the doughnutshaped hirshhorn museum in washington, dc.
Paul rudolph, the then dean of the yale school of architecture, decided to hold a competition between four firms for the privilege to design the beinecke library. Known for his glassandsteel curtain wall designs, bunshaft knew that large. The manuscript is a fine example of safavid calligraphy. It supports the curriculum of the yale law school and the research of students and faculty within yale, and far beyond. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library docomomo united. The main concern that both som and yale university considered in the design of the library was the preservation of the documents within it. Take an interactive tour, led by educators and student guides, of the yale university art gallerys history, architecture, and encyclopedic collection. At the first national city building 1960 in houston, the curtain wall is set back a full six feet from its concrete frame.
As we celebrate 50 years of women in yale college and 150 years of women in yales graduate and professional schools, a glance back into the archives shows us that women have been students, faculty, and staff in the yale school of drama since its beginnings as the department of drama in 1925. Beinecke cataloging manual yale university library. Designs for different futures yale university press. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library new haven.
The beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale gordon. Yale universitys famous beinecke library is no exception. King abdul aziz international airport hajj terminal, som. But his time in new haven began at yale, where he designed a brownstoneclad library that was converted into dwight hall in 1930. The reason behind this is to completely control temperatures and humidity. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library turns 50. Yale university, beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Cloistered by a shell of stone, the 1963 beinecke rare book and manuscript library in yale, us, is one of the worlds foremost collections of rare manuscripts. Rebecca martz designed the winterspring 2014 events broadside for beinecke rare book and manuscript librarynow in the mail.
Yale university a framework for campus planning framework planframework plan. The collection also hosts an active exhibition program and digitization projects. Beinecke rare book manuscript library home the beinecke rare book manuscript library is one of the worlds largest libraries devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts and is yales principal repository for literary archive awesome 22 archive architecture and library design. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library has become so loved by the yale community that the universitys imprint published a bookthe beinecke library of yale universityin 2003 in honor of the librarys fortieth anniversary, filled with. Day to day, seven officers of the university are responsible for its academic mission and its operation.
Abaa glossary of book collecting terms abc for book collectors pdf bookbinding and the conservation of books catalogers desktop classification web estc estc web matching heritage of the printed book hpb lc. In case you didnt know, most rare book libraries are built with no windows. Lever house and more from gordon bunshafts som portfolio. It serves as a principal repository for early manuscripts and rare books, including a gutenberg bible. Yale college undergraduates follow a liberal arts curriculum with departmental majors and are organized into a social system of residential colleges. Yale center for british art, institutional archives. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library has become so loved by the yale community that the universitys imprint published a bookthe beinecke library of yale universityin 2003 in honor of the librarys fortieth anniversary, filled with essay contributions from employees past and present. Led by chicago firm hbra architects, the project upgraded the 1963 buildings.
The rectangle and right angle gave way to increasingly sculptural shapes, none more so than the diagonal cruciform trusses of the beinecke rare book library at yale university 1963, which adams likens to origami. Yale center for british art, rare books and manuscripts. Its 16 members are leaders in government, business, industry, and the nonprofit world. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library home facebook. Bryan chair and curator of architecture and design, and maite borjabad lopezpastor is the neville bryan assistant curator of architecture, both at the art institute of chicago. The library was the gift of three yale alumniedwin j. The records consist of architectural and workingdetail drawings of institutional, public, and private projects undertaken by centerbrook architects and planners, llc, as well as documentation of projects by precenterbrook firms mltw mooreturnbull, charles w. Discover beinecke rare book and manuscript library in new haven, connecticut. Sgh has undertaken over ten projects at the library, which included rehabilitation of enclosure and structure systems and the development of. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts. The queen caroline affair, the joint exhibition of the lewis walpole library and the lillian goldman law librarys rare book collection, is now available online in the yale university library online exhibitions site. In the late 1950s, interest in rare books, the philanthropy of the beineckes, the universitys pressing need for a special collections library, and the design by the architect gordon bunshaft, created the beinecke library.
The renovations restored the architectural landmark to its illuminated glory by. Each year, students assign p biblioteca beinecke 1960 e 1963. One of the worlds largest libraries devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts, it is yale universitys principal repository of literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books. The library book shelves are placed in the centre and are accessed from the internal structure, the materials used, such as the steel and dark wood give off a. Known for his glassandsteel curtain wall designs, bunshaft knew that large windows would be a risky. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct. This teaching collection from the graduate school of design at harvard university comprises of the lantern slides from the schools of architecture, landscape architecture and city planning, which were combined in 1936 to form the graduate school of. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library, projects, som website. The tour also includes the gothic sterling memorial library, yales largest, and the beinecke rare book and manuscript library. The librarys rare book collection stands at more than 50,000 volumes and is actively growing. Established in 1963, yales beinecke library celebrated its 50th anniversary on 20. Houghton library is committed to supporting and promoting research, teaching, and learning, while at the same time preserving our rare and unique collections. This university bears a strong modern design and highly functional appearance, which i really like.
Vermont marble panels are one of the most recognizable designs of that era. As we celebrate 50 years of women in yale college and 150 years of women in yales graduate and professional schools, a glance back into the archives shows us that women have been students, faculty, and staff in the yale school of drama since. The building, of vermont marble and granite, bronze and glass, was designed by gordon bunshaft, of the firm of skidmore, owings and merrill. Correspondence, surveys, reports, maps, legal documents, printed matter and clippings relating to grays work as a planning consultant for the connecticut state planning board and his private work in the field of flood control.
Yales renovated beinecke library to reopen september 6. The beinecke library s robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. Noguchi sculpture garden, but did not alter gordon bunshafts design of the building. Tours focus on a handful of objects chosen to showcase both the permanent collection and special exhibitions currently on view. Stern architects, and author discusses the architectural history of the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale universitys principle repository for rare books and archival materials. Architecture image resources yale university library. The yale school of architecture is dedicated to educating the next generation of leading architects and designers of the built environment. Art and architecture beinecke rare book and manuscript library.
1577 1259 863 104 700 537 614 376 780 42 187 94 23 45 94 1601 799 461 848 560 96 986 693 4 65 1248 1038 1292 841 209