Todays' Washington Post had an article about David Adjaye, the architect who will design two new libraries for D.C. I looked at a gallery of photos of two libraries that Adjaye designed in London and they didn't seem particularly innovative to me (after Seattle's downtown library, what is "out-of-the-box" anyway?). Except that they are called "Idea Stores" rather than "libraries", which is certainly different.
The "Idea Stores" were part of an effort to pull together elements of Library Renewal, Lifelong Learning and Community Renewal in a way that would capture the best traditions of libraries and education, but, cleverly enough, to draw in new users while keeping existing users (always the goal, I guess).
I'm not sure where the evidence is that they pulled it off. But I can say that David Adjaye, the architect, has a VERY slick & handsome site (post title links to his site).
The "Idea Stores" were part of an effort to pull together elements of Library Renewal, Lifelong Learning and Community Renewal in a way that would capture the best traditions of libraries and education, but, cleverly enough, to draw in new users while keeping existing users (always the goal, I guess).
I'm not sure where the evidence is that they pulled it off. But I can say that David Adjaye, the architect, has a VERY slick & handsome site (post title links to his site).
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