New Bodleian - Making the Weston Library

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This book tells the story of the transformation of the Grade-II-listed New Bodleian into the state-of-the-art Weston Library. Detailing this amazing architectural project from demolition in August 2011 to the opening of the visionary Weston Library in March 2015, it offers a fascinating insight into the major refurbishment of a landmark building.

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Contributors: Bernard Antieul, formerly Director, hurleypalmerflatt; Rob Bevan, Architecture Critic, Evening Standard; Jim Eyre, Director, Wilkinson Eyre Architects; Chris Fletcher, Keeper of Special Collections, Bodleian Libraries; University of Oxford; Emma Keyte (Editor), Founder, Free:; Toby Kirtley, Bodleian Libraries Estates Projects Officer, University of Oxford; Michael Morrison, Partner, Purcell; Jay Osgerby, Director, Barber Osgerby; Richard Ovenden, Bodleys Librarian, University of Oxford; Geoff Turner, Associate Director, Wilkinson Eyre Architects; Geoffrey Tyack, Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford; Keith Vance, M & E Manager, Mace Limited.