Phillips Exeter Academy Library

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The Phillips Exeter Academy Library is a renowned modernist library building at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, celebrated for its monumental geometric design and masterful use of natural light by architect Louis Kahn.

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Phillips Exeter Academy Library canonical 6

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instanceOf academic library ⓘ
library building ⓘ
modernist building ⓘ
architect Louis Kahn ⓘ
architecturalStyle Modernist architecture ⓘ
awarded American Institute of Architects Twenty-five Year Award ⓘ
awardReceived AIA Twenty-five Year Award ⓘ
campus Phillips Exeter Academy campus ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Rockingham County, New Hampshire ⓘ
School libraries in the United States ⓘ
client Phillips Exeter Academy ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1965 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designedBy Louis I. Kahn ⓘ
linked to: Louis Kahn
hasArchitecturalElement concrete cross beams ⓘ
grand central void ⓘ
recessed windows ⓘ
symmetrical plan ⓘ
hasCollectionType secondary school library collection ⓘ
hasFeature brick exterior walls ⓘ
central atrium ⓘ
exposed concrete structure ⓘ
large circular openings in concrete walls ⓘ
monumental geometric interior ⓘ
perimeter study carrels ⓘ
skylit reading areas ⓘ
hasFloorCount 4 ⓘ
hasLightingDesign indirect natural light to reading areas ⓘ
top lighting through skylights ⓘ
heritageStatus widely regarded as a masterpiece of 20th-century architecture ⓘ
inception 1965 ⓘ
locatedIn Exeter, New Hampshire ⓘ
Phillips Exeter Academy ⓘ
United States ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
concrete ⓘ
wood ⓘ
name Class of 1945 Library ⓘ
notableFor influence on late modernist library design ⓘ
integration of structure and space ⓘ
masterful use of natural light ⓘ
monumental geometric design ⓘ
openingDate 1971 ⓘ
ownedBy Phillips Exeter Academy ⓘ
partOf Phillips Exeter Academy historic campus ensemble ⓘ
serves faculty of Phillips Exeter Academy ⓘ
students of Phillips Exeter Academy ⓘ
yearOfAward 1997 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Louis Kahn → notableWork → Phillips Exeter Academy Library ⓘ
Class of 1945 Library → alsoKnownAs → Phillips Exeter Academy Library ⓘ
Exeter, New Hampshire → hasLandmark → Phillips Exeter Academy Library ⓘ
Hurva Synagogue (unbuilt project) → relatedWorkByArchitect → Phillips Exeter Academy Library ⓘ
Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky → notableWork → Phillips Exeter Academy Library ⓘ
Exeter Library → alsoKnownAs → Phillips Exeter Academy Library ⓘ