[Publib] Architects with bad ideas

[T Myers]

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> >  YES, just because an architect has worked on a lot of libraries and has
> >   built up a reputation for that doesn't mean that they design
> >   FUNCTIONAL facilities.


Exactly, It's not a question who the architect is, it's how functional. For
example take my library (please! yeah, yeah, it's Friday), it was designed
by a very famous architect, yet it really has no business being a library.
>From day one (literately) the librarians commented about how this space was
not going to work as a library.  Yet people come in and say something like
"Ooohh, this building is a ****, isn't it wonderful?" my response usually is
to just smile, and leave it alone. If any of them had to actually work in
here they would be singing a different tune. The poor design of the library
has led to many 'challenges', and hazards for the staff and it's patrons.

Tracy Myers
Librarian
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