"For the Architecture of Public Libraries Committee, LAMA Buildings and Equipment Section."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-183).
Contents
Building planning and architecture -- Library site selection -- General exterior considerations -- Interior organization of library buildings -- Compliance with ADA accessibility guidelines -- Telecommunications, electrical, and miscellaneous equipment -- Interior design and finishes -- Book stacks and shelving -- Building systems -- Safety and security -- Maintenance of library building and property -- Building occupancy and post-occupancy -- Groundbreaking and dedication ceremonies.
Treasury of American design; a pictorial survey of popular folk arts based upon watercolor renderings in the Index of American Design, at the National Gallery of Art
Library requirements and the planning process -- The alternatives to a new library building -- Planning preliminaries -- The planning team, with architect and consultants -- General programming -- Programming: housing the collections -- Programming: accommodations for readers and collections -- Programming: space for staff and general purposes -- Budgeting and expense control -- Building additions and renovations -- Master planning and siting -- Schematic considerations -- Design development -- Construction documents -- Bidding, business concerns, and construction -- Activation.
Reprint. Originally published: The model architect. Philadelphia : E.S. Jones, 1852.
Summary
The 60 villas, cottages, schools, churches and mansions are pictured in charming lithographs, as well as scaled floor plans and elevations. Each design is accompanied by details of the arches, windows, ornaments, and joints characteristic of Sloan's modified Gothic, Grecian, Tudor, Italian, Norman and even Oriental facades. Specifications, tables and cost estimates give an accurate idea of building conditions in pre-Civil War America. Sloan's discourses cover the history of the various classic and medieval schools or architecture, plus contemporary knowledge of timber, masonry, carpentry, joinings, ventilation and gardening among other subjects. Everywhere Sloan communicates his belief in the future of an American style suited to the unique American landscape. [from the publisher]
Index to series II of American loyalists claims : 2 series, AO 13, series 2, microform 145 reels, AO 12, series 1, microform 30 reels, library call number, E277.G74, located in microtext room, 3rd floor, Library West, University of Florida, Gainesville
