Reading Room

New and Reimagined Libraries of the American West

Lara Swimmer, Laura Raskin

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Artifice Press
11 April 2024

Photographs: collections; Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial; Library & information services

Reading Room: New and Reimagined Libraries of the American Westdocuments a new generation of regional libraries that are redefining public space in the 21st century. Through text and photography, the book examines the libraries' place and function in cities and rural communities alike. It makes a case for the urgent need for these buildings, which serve as part of a vital community in the post-pandemic digital age.

With bold and breathtaking photography by award-winning architectural photographer Lara Swimmer, writing by formerArchitectural Recordcritic Laura Raskin and a forward by Seattle City Librarian Marcellus Turner, this book will stand out in a market with few competitors.

Reading Room

features 25 significant new and renovated main and branch libraries designed by a slate of nationally recognised architects representing the American South (Austin, Louisville, McAllen), Midwest (Madison, Minneapolis, St Paul, Tulsa) and West (Billings, Juneau, Los Angeles, Missoula, Newport, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle), and will appeal to those who love architecture; architects and library professionals; and students of design and urban planning.

By: Laura Raskin
By (photographer): Lara Swimmer
Imprint: Artifice Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 198mm,
ISBN: 9781911339540
ISBN 10: 1911339540
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 11 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lara Swimmer Lara Swimmer is an internationally published architecture photographer. She was made an Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects for her contribution to the field in 2005 and was named one of the top 12 Women in Photography Internationally by Architizer in 2018. Lara works on assignment for architecture and design firms, documenting civic buildings, art collections and environmental works, as well as private residences. With contributions to numerous publications in the design realm, she authored her own book on the Seattle Central Library, titledProcess, in 2005. Her photography of museums and libraries has helped architecture firms to win countless national awards, and has been exhibited in museums, from the SF MoMA, the Milwaukee Museum of Art and the Guggenheim, NYC to Art Center Basel in Switzerland. Laura Raskin Laura Raskin is a writer and editor based in New York. She has covered architecture, design and urbanism for more than a decade, and her writing has been published inThe Atlantic,The Wall Street Journal,Architectural Review,Metropolis,Surface,Curbedand others. She was previously an editor atArchitectural Recordmagazine and received her MA from Columbia University's School of Journalism.