Bunshaft s career was marked by shifts in material. It also reflects the wonderful collaboration between engineers and architects. 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. Jan 16, 2020 gordon bunshaft stands in front of the beinecke rare book library at yale university 1963. Paul weidlinger and gordon bunshaft from som were the engineer and architect in charge of the design of this beautiful building. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library architectuul. The beinecke librarys robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. It sits in the heart of yale campus, new haven, connecticut, and it is. Known for his glassandsteel curtain wall designs, bunshaft knew that large windows would be a risky.
The building was designed by gordon bunshaft and completed in 1963. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library turns 50. 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. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. 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.
Yale university, beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Gordon bunshaft beinecke rare book and manuscript library hic arquitectura. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars. Gordon bunshaft beinecke rare book and manuscript library hic arquitectura susan wu tropical architecture, facade architecture, school architecture, concept architecture, metal structure, building structure, structural model, co housing, 3d modelle. Room beinecke rare book and manuscript library at the yale. Beinecke rare book library at yale university, new haven, connecticut gordon bunshaft som panorama image generated from iphone 4 camera and autostitch app.
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. Beinecke rare book library gordon bunshaft som great. Perhaps his most direct swipe at mies came in the beinecke library at yale university 1963. The structure of the library consists of four walls, each a vierendeel welded steel taperedcross truss into which a grid of vermont montclair danby marble panes. Aug 01, 2017 cloistered by a protective shell of stone, the beinecke rare book and manuscript library is one of the worlds foremost collections of rare manuscripts. Gordon bunshaft stands in front of the beinecke rare book library at yale university 1963. Sunlight is passing through the translucent marble. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library is a shining architectural specimen of the modern movement. Click on image or caption above to see image in the zoom viewer. Beinecke rare book library by gordon bunshaft som architect, at new haven, connecticut, 1963, architecture in the great buildings online. Tropical architecture, facade architecture, school architecture, concept architecture, metal structure, building structure, structural model.
Gordon bunshaft and som a daily dose of architecture books. Introduction beinecke library is one of those amazing nonhidden structuresif you know how to stare at it. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library was an architectural incongruity amid the universitys traditional neoclassical and neogothic campus. Lever house, beinecke rare book and manuscript library, hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden lever house, new york city gordon bunshaft, faia may 9, 1909 august 6, 1990, was an american architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the midtwentieth century. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library all light. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library home facebook. Room beinecke rare book and manuscript library at the. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library docomomo united.
It sits in the heart of yale campus, new haven, connecticut, and it is one. Opened in 1963, the library is renowned for its translucent marble facade and the worldrenowned glass book tower sheltered within a dramatic arrangement resulting from the particular requirements of a repository. Bunshaft made the central book stack out of bronze. 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. Beinecke library, bunshaft som how to plan, library. It serves as a principal repository for early manuscripts and rare books, including a gutenberg bible. Construction photographs of the beinecke library are available in the beinecke s digital collections. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library.
Silence and gordon bunshaft yale university press blog. Bunshaft, i like the richness of the amber hues of the stone. Opened in 1963, the library is renowned for its translucent marble facade and the worldrenowned glass book tower sheltered within a dramatic arrangement resulting from the particular requirements of a repository for literary artifacts. 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. Yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library is the largest.
Nov 19, 2019 perhaps his most direct swipe at mies came in the beinecke library at yale university 1963. If you do have the time, i highly recommend visiting the beinecke rare book library at yale. 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. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale. Bunshafts simple design shifted the aesthetic of yales central corridor while also setting engineering precedents that went far beyond the campus confines. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library construction photographs, may 1961sept. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale gordon. Beinecke rare book library at yale university, new haven, connecticut gordon bunshaftsom panorama image generated from iphone 4 camera and autostitch app. The long list of his notable buildings includes lever house in new york, the beinecke rare book and manuscript. Jan 20, 2017 image 6 of 15 from gallery of ad classics. Sgh has undertaken over ten projects at the library, which included rehabilitation of enclosure and structure systems and the development of. Beinecke library is one of those amazing nonhidden structuresif you know how to stare at it. You cant spell som without gordon bunshaft metropolis. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct.
The beinecke rare book and manuscript library youtube. Sgh has undertaken over ten projects at the library, which included rehabilitation of enclosure and structure systems and. Room beinecke rare book and manuscript library at the yale university, designed by gordon bundshaft of som stay safe and healthy. Space was needed for about 800,000 books, exhibition areas, staff offices, and a reading room. Translucent marble facade reflecting off of a glass table.
Construction photographs of the beinecke library are available in the beineckes digital collections. Photograph of unidentified woman seated at a desk in the beinecke from. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library new haven modern. 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. Gordon bunshaft beinecke rare book and manuscript library fuente. Hoppin professor and dean of the yale school of architecture, discusses the architecture and history of the beinecke library, designed by gordon bunshaft of the firm skidmore, owings and merrill. The purpose of the building is to serve as a research center for students. Room beinecke rare book and manuscript library at the yale university, designed by gordon bundshaft of som. A modernized beinecke library opens next month architect.
Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library som. I didnt know whether to be more awed by the wonderful books, such as a gutenberg bible, or the wonderful stone. Cloistered by a protective shell of stone, the beinecke rare book and manuscript library is one of the worlds foremost collections of rare manuscripts. Lever house and more from gordon bunshafts som portfolio. His design of the lever house skyscraper in new york city 1952 exerted a strong influence in american architecture educated at the massachusetts institute of technology, bunshaft later traveled and. Campbell will pryce the beinecke library, yale university the beinecke library, yale university, new haven, 1963 by gordon bunshaft beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct. 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.
When gordon bunshaft was chosen to design the presidential library for lyndon baines johnson, he considered his own home on long island travertine house. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library construction photographs. Gordon bunshaft beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Enzo figueres moment mobile collection getty images. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library docomomo. Som yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Beinecke library, bunshaft som how to plan, library, rare. Gordon bunshaft, faia may 9, 1909 august 6, 1990, was an american architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the midtwentieth century. Beinecke library 6 beinecke rare book library at yale.
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