Avanti Architects’ Sheffield library restoration speaks volumes

By and Peter Blundell Jones Peter Blundell Jones2010-04-16T00:00:00

Reading room Avanti Sheffield Library

Source: Tom de Gay

Avanti Architects’ sensitive restoration of Gollins Melvin Ward’s Western Bank Library at Sheffield University reveals a Miesian masterpiece hidden by years of neglect

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