City of Perth Library
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The City of Perth Library is a public library service provided by the City of Perth. The library is located on Hay Street, next to the Perth Town Hall.[1] It is part of the redevelopment of Cathedral Square, located between St Georges Terrace and Hay, Barrack and Pier Streets.[2]
Prior to the completion of the current building in 2016, the library had been based at a number of locations, most recently 140 William Street in the Perth central business district.[3]
The City of Perth library is separate in operations from the other major library in Perth, the State Library of Western Australia at the Alexander Library Building.
History
[edit | edit source]The City of Perth Library has, since its inception, been housed in a number of locations. The site is situated where the library had previously been housed in a now demolished building, in the basement.[4]
The earliest predecessor of the library was the Swan River Mechanics' Institute which was established in 1851.[5] The name was changed in 1909 to Perth Literary Institute, and in 1957 the City of Perth renamed and took over the library as the City of Perth Library.[6]
The subsequent buildings were Council House on St Georges Terrace (1963–1995), Law Chambers Building (1995–2012),[7] and 140 William Street (2012–2015).[3]
Current building
[edit | edit source]Kerry Hill Architects were awarded the design tender for a new library in 2011.[8] The City of Perth awarded the $33 million construction contract to Doric Contractors, which began building works in 2013.[9] The library is the first civic building to be built by the City of Perth since the Perth Concert Hall in 1972.[10] Completion was expected by the end of 2014.[11] The new library opened on 1 March 2016.[12]
The library has a circular design with seven floors, glass facades, and stone-clad columns.[13] The building includes a 13-metre-tall (43 ft) vertical garden, the tallest in Perth, with more than 3500 plants.[14] The ceiling features a mural by artist Andrew Nicholls entitled Delight and Hurt Not, depicting the final act of Shakespeare's The Tempest illustrated with Western Australian flora and fauna.
Gallery
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Northwest view of the Library
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Level One of the library
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Staircase inside the library
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Tree of Knowledge
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The Library and the State Buildings
References
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- ^ [1] Alia notes from 2005
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- ^ Jo Darbyshire (2016) Peruse - A History of the City of Perth Library 1851-2016 Perth, City of Perth Library.
- ^ Exact location of the new 2016 library
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External links
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- Official website
- City of Perth Library page at the Cathedral Square website
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