Phillips Exeter Academy Library is a library that serves Phillips Exeter Academy, an independent boarding school located in Exeter, New Hampshire. It is the largest secondary school library in the world, containing 160,000 volumes over nine levels with a shelf capacity of 250,000 volumes.[3][4]
When it became clear in the 1950s that the library had outgrown its existing building, the school initially hired an architect who proposed a traditional design for the new building. Deciding instead to construct a library with a contemporary design, the school gave the commission to Louis Kahn in 1965. The library opened in 1971. In 1997 the library received the Twenty-five Year Award from the American Institute of Architects, an award that recognizes architecture of enduring significance that is given to no more than one building per year.
Kahn structured the library in three concentric square rings. The outer ring, which is built of load-bearing brick, includes all four exterior walls and the library carrel desks immediately inside them. The middle ring, which is built of reinforced concrete, holds the heavy book stacks. The inner ring is a dramatic atrium with enormous circular openings in its walls that reveal several floors of book stacks.
PhillipsExeterAcademy (often called Exeter or PEA) is a coeducational university preparatory private school for boarding and day students in grades 9...
alumni of PhillipsExeterAcademy, a preparatory school in Exeter, New Hampshire, founded in 1781. John Phillips – founder of PhillipsExeter; president...
(1957). The Story of PhillipsExeter. Exeter, NH: PhillipsExeterAcademy. p. 14. McLachlan, p. 228 ("The PhillipsExeterAcademy, on the other hand, while...
of principals of PhillipsExeterAcademy, an independent preparatory school in Exeter, New Hampshire, founded in 1781 by John Phillips. There have, since...
of School Year Abroad since June 2016. Previously, he worked at PhillipsExeterAcademy, where he began as the Director of College Counseling in 1989,...
(unbuilt) 1965 – PhillipsExeterAcademyLibrary, Front Street, Exeter, New Hampshire 1965 – PhillipsExeterAcademy Dining Hall, Elm Street, Exeter, New Hampshire...
is known for his work as a teacher and the second principal at PhillipsExeterAcademy. He was born in Andover, Massachusetts, the son of John Abbot from...
9, 1913) was an American educator and the seventh principal of PhillipsExeterAcademy. Harlan Amen was born in Sinking Spring, Ohio, in April 1853, to...
of faculty, and interim principal at PhillipsExeterAcademy. Gillespie was born on February 9, 1912, in Exeter, New Hampshire, to Walter and Margaret...
Salk described his "ambitious plan for the creation of a kind of Socratic academy where the supposedly alienated two cultures of science and humanism will...
four private secondary schools, including The Blake School and PhillipsExeterAcademy. Tingley received his undergraduate training at Harvard College...
of PhillipsExeterAcademy. Fish was born in Cotuit, Massachusetts, on May 26, 1854, to John C. and Lavarah Fish. He attended school at Exeter's rival...
The Exeter Inn (also known as The Inn at Exeter) is an inn in Exeter, New Hampshire, United States. Located on Front Street on the campus of Phillips Exeter...
was an American educator and writer, and the ninth principal of PhillipsExeterAcademy. Saltonstall was born in Milton, Massachusetts to the wealthy Saltonstall...
University of New Hampshire, Durham (Ulrich Franzen, 1970) PhillipsExeterAcademyLibrary, Exeter: 59 550 Broad Street Galaxy Towers Journal Square Transportation...
1958) is an American educator who served as the 15th principal of PhillipsExeterAcademy. Previously she served as the provost and Vice President for Academic...
Netherlands, by Herman Hertzberger. PhillipsExeterAcademyLibrary, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA, designed by Louis Kahn. Library of Downside Abbey, Somerset,...
28, 1879) was an American educator, and the third principal of PhillipsExeterAcademy. Soule was born in Freeport, Maine, in 1796 to Moses and Martha...
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