Shrines of Wisdom: Learning, Knowledge, and the Architecture of Libraries (Design) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3837672220 ISBN 13: 9783837672220

Publisher: transcript, 2025

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Michael Heinrich (Prof. Dr.), geb. 1966, studierte am Mozarteum Salzburg und ist seitdem als Bühnen- und Kostümbildner, Innenarchitekt und Designer tätig. Er lehrt Darstellen, Gestaltungsgrundlagen und Szenografie an der Hochschule Coburg und promovierte in psychologischer Ästhetik an der LMU bei Ernst Pöppel. Maximilian Sternberg (Prof. Dr.) is a professor of history and theory of architecture at the Department of Architecture at the Cambridge University. His teaching covers architectural history, landscape and urban studies. His research interests include modern European architecture, medieval architecture, medievalism in modern architecture, and the politics of heritage. He has previously served as the Chief Executive of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain.

Edition details

• Publisher: transcript
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837672220
• ISBN 13: 9783837672220
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 305
• Editor: Michael Heinrich