The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library sits on Yale University Hewitt Quadrangle in New Haven, Connecticut, completed in 1963 to a design by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in the International Style. Its windowless outer walls of translucent Vermont marble and granite enclose a glass walled central tower of book stacks, giving the reading room a soft amber light while shielding the roughly one million volumes and several million manuscripts inside from direct sunlight. It is among the largest buildings in the world built specifically to hold rare books and manuscripts.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountNew Haven, United States 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
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1. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (Wikipedia)
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The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library sits on Yale University Hewitt Quadrangle in New Haven, Connecticut, completed in 1963 to a design by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in the International Style. Its windowless outer walls of translucent Vermont marble and granite enclose a glass walled central tower of book stacks, giving the reading room a soft amber light while shielding the roughly one million volumes and several million manuscripts inside from direct sunlight. It is among the largest buildings in the world built specifically to hold rare books and manuscripts.
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The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut. It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to rare books and manuscripts and is one of the largest collections of such texts. Established by a gift of the Beinecke family and given its own financial endowment, the library is financially in
In Style: Modernist Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Modernist architecture in Connecticut
Uses Element: Steel, Wikipedia article
The exterior shell is structurally supported by a steel frame with pylons embedded to bedrock at each corner pier, and the façade is constructed of translucent veined marble and granite.
Uses Element: Marble, Wikipedia article
The exterior shell is structurally supported by a steel frame with pylons embedded to bedrock at each corner pier, and the façade is constructed of translucent veined marble and granite.
Uses Element: Granite, Wikipedia article
The exterior shell is structurally supported by a steel frame with pylons embedded to bedrock at each corner pier, and the façade is constructed of translucent veined marble and granite.
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Wikidata item Q814779, property P1619: 1963
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: New Haven, United States
Wikidata item Q814779, property P131/P17 (location): New Haven, United States
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