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The Art of Reading: a new library and image for Cork Regional Technical College

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

John Olley
John Olley
Affiliation:
School of ArchitectureUniversity College DublinRichviewClonskeaghDublin 14, Ireland
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Abstract

This paper explores how the new library for Cork Regional Technical College, Ireland, by de Blacam and Meagher, becomes a critique of the contemporary architecture and institution of the library. Its relationship with the evolving typology is excavated.

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arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , Winter 1995 , pp. 30 - 41
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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