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Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
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steel, brick, glass Matte black steel, brick and bronzed-tinted glass
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North America |
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 United States |
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 District of Columbia |
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Washington D.C. |
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901 G St. NW
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MAP |
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Buildings for cultural activities
Libraries and media libraries
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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1968
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Realisation |
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1969 - 1972 |
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AWARDS |
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| 2007 |
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Historic Landmark
District of Columbia’s Historic Preservation Review Board |
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| 2007 |
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| National Register of Historic Places |
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA |
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| A Legacy of Mies and King |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| Alexandra Lange, "“Those familiar with Mecanoo and Rawn may expect more of a shock in D.C. than in Boston. But Rawn has not approached the project with a light hand, but rather with a rainbow fist.”. A Tale of Two Modernist Libraries", Architect 12/2015, december 2015, pp. 89-97 |
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| Sara Johnson, "Q+A: Francine Houben", Architect 3/2014, march 2014, "Front" p. 24 |
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| Kriston Capps, "Restoring a Mies Gem", Architect 11/2013, november 2013, "Front" p. 46 |
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| Bradford McKee, "Now you see it ...", Architect 12/2006, november-december 2006, pp. 114-121 |
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| Ellen Sands, John E. Czarnecki, "Volunteer architects examine ways to save Mies' King Library, making it user-friendly", Architectural Record 3/2001, march 2001, p. 32 |
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| Portrait of Martin Luther King jr. into the Library. |
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CLIENT |
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| District of Columbia Public Library |
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DIMENSIONAL
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| sq.m. 37,000 (sq.ft. 400,000) |
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RELATED PROJECTS |
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CREDITS |
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Photos © Carol M. Highsmith
Courtesy of Library of Congress | Carol M. Highsmith Archive
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