Holborn Library
Appearance
Holborn Library | |
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![]() Holborn Library in 2010 | |
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General information | |
Location | London, WC1 United Kingdom |
Completed | 1960 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Ernest Ives and assistants I D Aylott and E L Ansell, in close collaboration with Borough Librarian J Swift |
Main contractor | Holborn Borough Council Architects’ Department |
Holborn Library is a public library in Theobalds Road, Holborn, in the London Borough of Camden.
The library is operated by the Camden London Borough Council and also houses the Local Studies and Archives Centre for the borough.[1]
The Twentieth Century Society describe it as "a milestone in the history of the modern public library".[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Camden Council: Holborn Library". camden.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Charlton, Susannah. "Building of the month: Holborn Library". Twentieth Century Society. Retrieved 26 July 2015.