Libraries

The very interesting blog "Curious Expeditions" has a must-see post containing a large number of images of the most beautiful libraries from around the world. Here is the Strahov Theological Hall, in Prague:

Here are more images of that amazing room, from a Flickr page.

One library I would add to the Curious Expeditions compendium is the library of the Brooklyn Historical Society (completed 1881, George B. Post, architect), one of the most beautiful rooms in New York:

One more American library, this one included at Curious Expeditions:

That's the Peabody Library (Edmund G. Lind, architect, 1878) in Baltimore. It's one of the most special places in this country. Who out there has ever designed a library? Let us post pictures of it!

Arthur Ross

The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America mourns the loss of its co-founder and Honorary Chairman, Arthur Ross.

We extend our condolences to his wife, Janet, his children, and all those in his family who survive him. His decades of generosity and public service have blazed the Institute’s national educational trail and we acknowledge it with abiding pride and gratitude. Simply put, our success and determination are his legacy. At the nadir of New York’s civic and cultural expectations a generation ago, Mr. Ross foresaw future promise and set in motion an array of good works across the city to that hopeful end. The ICA&CA was among them and his expectations were our blueprint. All here pledge to sustain his charge.

The Board of Directors, Staff, Fellows, Faculty, Students, Members, and Friends of the Institute

Anne Fairfax, Chair

Paul Gunther, President