Shrines of Wisdom - Learning, Knowledge, and the Architecture of Libraries

The pursuit of knowledge has always been seen as the key to a better life, whether from an individual or collective perspective, and the social value of learning manifests itself particularly in the environments in which it takes place. In a time of breathless change, concepts of human education that promise sustainability and a corresponding architecture of learning are needed. Based on the typology of the library, the contributors show how to develop an architecture for a comprehensive concept of education, and how this built environment can support the transformation of knowledge into wisdom matured through experience.

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• Assisted by: Michael Heinrich (Editor), Christian Illies (Editor), Nicho Ray (Editor), Nicholas Ray (Editor), Maximilian Sternberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 15.07.2025
• EAN: 9783837672220
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-7222-0
• No. of pages: 305
• Weight: 476 g
• Illustrations: 40 schw.-w. u. 20 farb. Abb.
• Series: Design; Design 65
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architektur, Design, Education, University, Architecture, Aesthetics, College, Library, Decorative arts, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, Learning, The arts, Philosophy: aesthetics, Philosophie Ästhetik, built environment, Philosophy and psychology