The beinecke rare book and manuscript library contains the principal rare books and literary manuscripts of yale university and serves as a center for research by students, faculty, and other scholars, whether affiliated with yale or not. Its holdings draw hundreds of scholars, artists, and critics from around the world to the reading room each year. Alice constance austin, diary and photographs, yale collection of western americana, beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Construction started in 1960 as a sixstory aboveground structure supported only by four big corner columns, following weidlinger and bunshaft design. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library docomomo. Architect gordon bunshaft stands in front of his beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university 1963 comment. The building, of vermont marble and granite, bronze and glass, was designed by gordon bunshaft, of the firm of skidmore, owings and merrill. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library som. 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. Jun 27, 20 the beinecke rare book and manuscript library brbl at yale university was a 1963 gift of the beinecke family. The most impressive library in every state readers digest. Yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript. Beinecke rare book library by gordon bunshaft som architect, at new haven, connecticut, 1963, architecture in the great buildings online. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library docomomo united.
Beinecke rare book and manuscript library new haven modern. Archives at yale contains finding aids from 10 libraries and repositories at yale university. It is the largest building in the world reserved exclusively for the preservation of rare books and manuscripts. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library turns 50. The building was designed by pritzker prizewinning architect gordon bunshaft of the firm of skidmore, owings, and merrill. 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. A truly amazing place to find yourself rare book library at yale im a huge reader, this is amazing. The modernist edifice houses a rich rare book library and literary archive, and it.
But it also posed a major challenge, says bill mahalko, who. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library. It was time to celebrate our success and our remarkable building architect gordon bunshafts masterpiece of marble, granite, bronze and glass. Yales beinecke library starts packing for major renovation. 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. Yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library brbl was a 1963 gift of the beinecke family. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library sits prominently and visibly in the center of the yale university campus. The architect s newspaper is the most authoritative voice on architecture and design in the united states. Established in 1963, yales beinecke library celebrated its 50th anniversary on 20. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, 1963 enzo figueres moment mobile collection getty images yale university is a sea of collegiate gothic and neoclassical architecture.
About the beinecke renovation beinecke library renovation. William clarks 1810 master map of the american west. Cloistered by a protective shell of stone, the beinecke rare book and manuscript library is one of the worlds foremost collections of rare manuscripts. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university, designed by gordon bunshaft of skidmore, owings, and merrill. Media in category beinecke rare book and manuscript library the following 36 files are in this category, out of 36 total.
Architect gordon bunshaft stands in front of his beinecke. New haven to really appreciate the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, visitors need to look past the marble. It is a new building nestled among the old, which is an apt juxtaposition given that the librarys holdings are some of the oldest texts in existence. That means the interior of the building glows by day. 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. Architizer tour the beinecke library at yale university.
The building was originally designed by gordon bunshaft of skidmore owings and merrill in 1960. Yale center for british art yale university art gallery. Beinecke rare book library gordon bunshaft som great. Finding aids describe the creation, content, context, and arrangement of archival materials, allowing users to identify and request materials relevant to their research. Architect gordon bunshaft stands in front of his beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university 1963 close posted by 1 minute ago. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library of yale university celebrates its fortieth anniversary with an exhibition and with this book that is itself a celebration of a great architectural monument of modernism photographed by richard cheek. Yale rare book library, beinecke library architect. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university, new haven, ct yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale gordon bunshaft see more. There were two fullyear exhibitions that explored the librarys architecture and people as well as a.
Grounded in beinecke rare book and manuscript library s strong holdings in the politics of postwar avantgardes and counterculture, primary research will focus on emergent links between art and protest in europe and the united states, with individual sessions devoted to local manifestations of transnational movements in paris, berlin, new york. The beinecke librarys 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. Edward rugemer, yale associate professor of african american studies and history, says that the amistad affair is an important chapter in the history of american slavery and abolitionism. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library to reopen. New haven in 1963, yale university opened the most modern of structures to house its most ancient of books. Opened in 1963, the library is renowned for its translucent marble facade and the worldrenowned glass book tower.
Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university, new haven, usa. Yales beinecke library restored 20160901 architectural. This striking building contains a stunning collection of collections, examples from which were photographed by stan godlewski, and this celebratory. Gordon bunshaft, som translucent marble facade reflecting off of a glass table new haven, ct completed in 1963 n.
One of the architects he invited to participate was gordon bunshaft of. Grounded in beinecke rare book and manuscript librarys strong holdings in the politics of postwar avantgardes and counterculture, primary research will focus on emergent links between art and protest in europe and the united states, with individual sessions devoted to local manifestations of transnational movements in paris, berlin, new york. But after 50 years as a worldclass center of research and scholarship, the librarys infrastructure needs upgrading. This plate of the navigation station at the mouth of the mississippi delta under a full moon conveys a dramatic sense of its otherworldly remoteness, halfway between land and water. Beinecke library curated collection photo negative collection 11025. 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. 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 has been fitted. Art and architecture beinecke rare book and manuscript library. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library brbl at yale university was a 1963 gift of the beinecke family. This rare book and manuscript library is one of the largest facilities of this kind in the world 86.
But while tourists gawk at the beauty of the building, plenty of researchers. Click on image or caption above to see image in the zoom viewer. The design is in the new formalist mode of modernism, using a symmetrical and repeated rhythm of geometric. On a sunny day, its unique exterior seems to be floating above its darkened ground entry level. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library new haven. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale brbl is an architectural icon and its 500,00 rare books and over one million volumes make it one of the most important research facilities of its kind in the world. It was time to celebrate our success and our remarkable building architect gordon bunshafts masterpiece of marble, granite, bronze and glass but after 50 years as a worldclass center of research and scholarship, the librarys infrastructure needs upgrading. Reading library library room dream library coex mall seoul library architecture library inspiration beautiful library world of books book nooks. Beinecke library showing 1 16 of 123272 for search. Its rectangular volume is enclosed in sheets of marble, thin enough at. Built in 1963, the library belongs to yale university, located in new haven, connecticut.
The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other. 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 voynich wiki fandom. The purpose of the building is to serve as a research center for students. Log in to place or check the status of requests for beinecke materials. Alice constance austin pioneering women of american. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university. 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 building was designed by pritzker prize architect gordon bunshaft of the firm of skidmore, owings, and merrill, and is one of the largest buildings in the world reserved exclusively for the preservation of rare books and manuscripts. The building was designed by a pritzker prizewinning architect named gordon bunshaft. Yales renovated beinecke library to reopen september 6.