Construction started in 1960 as a sixstory aboveground structure supported only by four big corner columns, following weidlinger and bunshaft design. 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 one of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and. Gordon bunshaft, beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, usa 1963. Yale university, beinecke rare book and manuscript library. 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. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other.
Beinecke rare book and manuscript library new haven. In summarizing the entire design of the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, gordon bunshaft has said. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library case study by david leitman location. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library notes facebook. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library youtube. Beinecke library construction photographs, 19611963. Yales renovated beinecke library to reopen september 6.
Beinecke rare book and manuscript library architectuul. Introduction the beinecke rare book and manuscript library is one of the worlds largest buildings devoted to rare books and manuscripts housing about 180,000 volumes in the central tower and over 1 million that are kept in the underground book stacks. But after 50 years as a worldclass center of research and scholarship, the librarys infrastructure needs upgrading. Architect gordon bunshaft stands in front of his beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university 1963 close posted by 1 minute ago. Architect gordon bunshaft stands in front of his beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university 1963 comment.
Beinecke rare book and manuscript library skidmore, owings. A modernized beinecke library opens next month architect. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library has become so loved by the yale community that the universitys imprint published a book the beinecke library of yale universityin 2003 in honor of the library s fortieth anniversary, filled with essay contributions from employees past and present. It would have to mix storage, offices, exhibit space. Yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library is the largest building in the world dedicated to the containment and preservation of rare books, manuscripts, and documents. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars. Bunshaft designed three major institutional buildings. Beinecke houses one of the worlds largest collections of rare books and manuscripts and currently has about half a million volumes and several million manuscripts. The library opened in 1963, known for its translucent facade.
Beinecke rare book library at yale university, new haven, connecticut gordon bunshaft som iphone 4 with hdr pro. Gordon bunshaft stands in front of the beinecke rare book library at yale university 1963. We know that we have provided the proper protection against theft and fire and a controlled environment ideal for book storage. We have opened a temporary reading room in yales sterling memorial library, located directly across wall street from the beinecke. We have achieved a comfortable environment in which scholars may work. Discover beinecke rare book and manuscript library in new haven, connecticut. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library was an architectural incongruity amid the universitys traditional neoclassical and neogothic campus. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university, designed by gordon bunshaft of skidmore, owings, and merrill. Gordon bunshaft and the beinecke, from som web site. 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. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts, the library can accommodate 180,000 volumes in the central tower and more than 600,000 volumes in the underground book stacks. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library wikipedia. With the humours of sir iohn falstaffe, and swaggering pistoll.
Like a series of taut metal sheets in a work by someone like naum gabo or richard lippold, they shift as we move around the building. It was time to celebrate our success and our remarkable building architect gordon bunshafts masterpiece of marble, granite, bronze and glass. Gordon bunshaft yale university, beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, connecticut, 1963 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. When gordon bunshaft was chosen to design the presidential library for lyndon baines johnson, he considered his own home on long island travertine house. Silence and gordon bunshaft yale university press blog. Yale universitys home for rare works, including the mysterious voynich manuscript. Beinecke library renovation beinecke library renovation.
Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library som. You cant spell som without gordon bunshaft metropolis. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library home facebook. Its rectangular volume is enclosed in sheets of marble, thin enough at. The building was designed by gordon bunshaft and completed in 1963. The purpose of the building is to serve as a research center for students.
Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct. He had talked at length about collaborating on the book and a series based on it with antony brown, normans friend of many years, whom i met on my next trip to england. Under the plaza where it was built there are some other spaces used as offices and workrooms. The beinecke librarys robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. Yale hired gordon bunshaft of the firm skidmore, owings and merrill, who proposed what he called a treasure house for books. Architect gordon bunshaft stands in front of his beinecke. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university libraryuniversity, designed by gordon bunshaft of.
The library sits within a 200foot by 350foot plaza surrounded by neoclassic and gothic style buildings. Since its opening in 1963, the marble exterior of beinecke rare book and manuscript library has kept hidden yales most obscure texts and invited the speculation of visitors and students alike. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library beinecke rare bo. Perhaps his most direct swipe at mies came in the beinecke library at yale university 1963. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library docomomo. This image might not be in the public domain outside of the united states. Beinecke rare book library by gordon bunshaft som architect, at new haven, connecticut, 1963, architecture in the great buildings online. Newman architects and fms collaborated in the building renovation where the lighting scope centered on replacing the mostly original incandescent light fixtures with leds while preserving the.
The collection includes more than 2,000 photobooks from around the world along with related ephemera, archives of the ipls history, and leclairs personal collection related. Muhammad shafiq died 1879 ad was a major ottoman calligrapher, who excelled in his instructional calligraphic pieces. Sgh has undertaken over ten projects at the library, which included rehabilitation of enclosure and structure systems and the development of. Courtesy manuscripts and archives, yale university library you couldnt invent a firm of more interest or appeal to organization theorists and historians of capitalism than som. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library turns 50. Established in 1963, yales beinecke library celebrated its 50th anniversary on 20. The building was designed by architect gordon bunshaft of the firm of skidmore, owings, and merrill, and is the largest building in the world reserved exclusively for the preservation of rare books and manuscripts.
The beinecke library s robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. Stephen jones, head of access services at the beinecke library, shared with the news some of the most widespread rumors and absurd myths that. This rare book and manuscript library is one of the largest facilities of this kind in the world 86. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library beinecke rare. About the beinecke renovation beinecke library renovation. These are the beinecke rare book library at yale university, the hirshhorn museum in washington, dc, and the hajj terminal in saudi arabia. It is as close to a perfectly conceived and executed building as i have seen, certainly one of the greatest work of american architecture. The library curators talked about the librarys collection. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven. The second part of henrie the fourth, containing to his death, and coronation of henrie the fift. Som yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library.
Bunshaft s career was marked by shifts in material. Beinecke rare book library gordon bunshaft som great. Lever house and more from gordon bunshafts som portfolio. Beinecke library 7 beinecke rare book library at yale. Those impressive buildings, and others, are discussed in the chapters that follow the third chapter, but with gordon bunshaft and som being as much biography as architectural history, adams also delves into bunshaft the person as much as he can, that is. The school bus crew visited the beinecke rare book library. The worlds largest collection of first and early editions of rls including translations. Cloistered by a protective shell of stone, the beinecke rare book and manuscript library is one of the worlds foremost collections of rare manuscripts. 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. Originally, the rare books collection was stored on special shelving in dwight hall, which served as a library until the late 19th century. It serves as a principal repository for early manuscripts and rare books, including a gutenberg bible. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university, designed by gordon bunshaft of skidmore, owings, and. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library.
This exhibit represents hill and wang, a new york publishing house, with perhaps one third of its authors, a sprinkling of friends, and a few foreign publishers. Pages in category beinecke rare book and manuscript library the following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. Please request uncatalogued materials at least one week in advance of your research visit. Gordon bunshaft beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Copy about our authors, the most interesting of it written by those authors, is sprinkled with information about the nature of publishing. 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. This remarkable jewelbox is the beinecke library for rare books on the campus of yale university. Yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library was a 1963 gift of the beinecke family. Media in category beinecke rare book and manuscript library the following 36 files are in this category, out of 36 total.
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