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20: 128: 398: 271: 124:, the cri de coeur for the importance of books that launched his long career. All it took was nine days and 98 dimes." As part of renovations of the building's common areas, the library's cafe was named "Cafe 451", and a Bradbury quote was painted in a frequently-used stairwell: "Without libraries, what have we? We have no past, and no future." 148:
Because this is an A. Quincy Jones building, preservation was considered to be important. While the team retained the signature open staircase that runs through three floors of the building, they also added a scrolling ticker whose continuously scrolling text reminds users that there are floors above
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The library's new research commons feature 22 technology-enabled "pods" capable of accommodating up to 10 users each. The area has been built specifically to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and discovery through serendipity. Each pod allows students and faculty to share content on laptops
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undertook the renovation of the library's common areas – the traditional book stacks on the upper floors were not touched – they began meeting with different constituent groups to get a sense of what they would like to see in the new space, but the main impetus for a wholesale
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transformation came from UCLA University Librarian Gary Strong and Deputy University Librarian Susan Parker, both of whom understood the importance of introducing technology and collaborative thinking to the world of academic research.
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and below to explore. The original load-bearing concrete columns, which are spaced every 20 feet, were stripped of paint in order to expose the imprint of wood forms.
114:– a dedicated autodidact who spent three days a week at libraries in lieu of enrolling in college—entered the typewriter-rental room in the basement of UCLA’s 93:, the eastern half of the building opened in 1964, and the western half in 1970. Originally called the "University Research Library", in 1997 it was named for 850: 828: 472: 467: 275: 69:
The upper floors of the library are meant primarily for faculty and graduate students who wish to conduct research. The library holds resources in the
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Located at the northern edge of the campus, the building was designed by
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Library at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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is one of the largest libraries on the campus of the
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University of California, Los Angeles
Westwood
Los Angeles
California
A. Quincy Jones
Frederick Earl Emmons
Mid-Century Modern
USC
humanities
social sciences
A. Quincy Jones
Frederick Earl Emmons
Charles E. Young
Perkins and Will
Metropolis Magazine
Ray Bradbury
Powell Library
Fahrenheit 451

Perkins and Will Architects
UCLA Library




"Perkins+Will Redesigns the UCLA Young Research Library"
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