New Bodleian: Making the Weston Library
Distributed for the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
In Association with Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Mace Limited
224 pages
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100 color plates
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10 x 10
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© 2015
- Contents
Table of Contents

Contents
The Weston Library
Commentary
Robert Bevan
The context
A brief history of the Bodleian
Geoffrey Tyack
Conserving Scott’s Bodleian
Michael Morrison
The vision
A new vision for the Bodleian
Richard Ovenden
Making the move
Toby Kirtley
The design
Facing up to Wren and Hawksmoor
Jim Eyre
Architectural drawings
Developing the design
Geoff Turner
Controlling the environment
Bernard Antieul
A structural history
Les Chapman
A walk through the building
Geoff Turner
Delivery
Reconstructing the New Bodleian
Keith Vance
Details
Materials and detailing in the Weston Library
Geoff Turner
The Bodleian chair
Barber Osgerby
The Weston in use
What the users say
The opening
Appendix
Afterword
Mike Wigg
Commentary
Robert Bevan
The context
A brief history of the Bodleian
Geoffrey Tyack
Conserving Scott’s Bodleian
Michael Morrison
The vision
A new vision for the Bodleian
Richard Ovenden
Making the move
Toby Kirtley
The design
Facing up to Wren and Hawksmoor
Jim Eyre
Architectural drawings
Developing the design
Geoff Turner
Controlling the environment
Bernard Antieul
A structural history
Les Chapman
A walk through the building
Geoff Turner
Delivery
Reconstructing the New Bodleian
Keith Vance
Details
Materials and detailing in the Weston Library
Geoff Turner
The Bodleian chair
Barber Osgerby
The Weston in use
What the users say
The opening
Appendix
Afterword
Mike Wigg
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