Architects and Librarians Unite to Explore Library Planning and Design Issues in Executive Program from Harvard Graduate School of Design

The Planning and Design of Public Libraries, a Harvard Executive Education Program Returns in January, 2010.

Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) November 4, 2009 -- The Planning and Design of Public Libraries, a three-day Executive Education program from Harvard University Graduate School of Design is scheduled for January 12-14, 2010 at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

The program, which will bring together architects, librarians, library administrators and trustees, is scheduled to immediately precede the American Library Association’s mid-winter meeting on January 15-19 in Boston.

The Planning and Design of Public Libraries (http://execed.gsd.harvard.edu/professional/exec_ed/programs/public_libraries) will feature lectures, interactive team-based library planning and design exercises, virtual tours of distant libraries and actual tours of new local libraries as well as the evaluation of recent and proposed new library designs.

Program participants will explore the rapidly evolving changes in library services and technology and their effect on library design. The program covers the theoretical and the practical in an interactive class format. Reviews of cutting edge systems and emerging library trends are balanced with an examination of the process, budget, and standards required to bring a project’s cutting edge conceptual goals, whether in new construction, renovation or expansion, to a built reality.

The Planning and Design of Public Libraries will cover a variety of important topics including: program functional adjacencies, synergies, and library zoning; sustainable design/LEED for libraries; the process of working with library consultants, architects and contractors; library programming and planning considerations; and emerging trends in library design.

The program will be led by Anthony Tappe, FAIA, who, as principal at Boston-based Tappe and Associates, Architects and Planners, has designed many public and institutional libraries throughout New England and upstate New York and by Hartford, CT-based library consultant Nolan Lushington, former director of the Greenwich Public Library, author of Libraries Designed for Users: A 21st Century Guide (Neal Schuman, 2002), and 2005 recipient of the New England Library Association’s Emerson Greenaway award for distinguished service.

Joining Tappe and Lushington as instructors will be Jeffrey M. Hoover, AIA, principal and library design specialist at Tappe and Associates; and Elisabeth Martin, AIA, principal at MDA designgroup and library architect and planner in New York City, NY.

The Planning and Design of Public Libraries is registered with the AIA (American Institute of Architects) Continuing Education System, which grants 24 learning units to participants who complete the program.

Complete program and registration information can be found at:
http://execed.gsd.harvard.edu/professional/exec_ed/programs/public_libraries

About the Office of Executive Education at Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Office of Executive Education at Harvard University Graduate School of Design is the foremost provider of Executive Education programs for architects, planners, landscape architects, and real estate and building industry professionals. Executive Education offers an extensive menu of open enrollment programs that explore timely design issues and trends; admissions programs that cover topics in real estate; and customized programs that are tailored to an organization’s or firm’s specific needs. Executive Education programs are led by renowned faculty from Harvard University, as well as eminent practitioners and scholars from across the country and around the world. For more information, visit http://execed.gsd.harvard.edu

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