A manifesto for the future of the library, featuring conversations
with leading architects and designers
In Imagination and Participation, Dutch librarians Rob Bruijnzeels and
Joyce Sternheim examine the most important recent changes in public
library design through conversations with experts and architects who
have designed public libraries in the Netherlands and abroad. These
conversations and the authors' insights and experiences offer a vision
for future library buildings that respond to the needs of the
communities they serve.
Imagination and Participation lays out a manifesto guided by what the
authors believe visitors should experience when they visit a library.
Libraries featured include the Birmingham Library in Alabama, Mies van
der Rohe's Martin Luther King Library in Washington, DC, and the New
York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; architects and
designers interviewed include Jo Coenen, Chris van Duijn, Francine
Houben, Winy Maas, Vincent Panhuysen, Michael Riedijk and more.