Library
Premises holding a collection for meaning and lending, planned around both dense storage and long uninterrupted occupation of the meaning floor.
How it connects
Library typically holds Archive, Library (space), Maker Space and Reading Room.
In other taxonomies
- libraries (buildings)Getty AAT, 300006824the same thing
- Library buildingsUniclass, En_25_70_47the same thing
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Library
30 terms, House to Station
The word “library”
2 meanings
- LibrarySpaceNo default
- LibraryTypology, this termNo default
Record
- Provenance
- evidencedSUBTYPE_RULES in an architecture-projects platform (src-01), read 21 Aug 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/typology/libraryKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptTypologyincoming
- has-conceptTypologyincoming
- typically-inArchiveincoming
- typically-inLibraryincoming
- typically-inMaker Spaceincoming
- typically-inReading Roomincoming
- belongs-to-axisTypologyoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetTypologyoutgoing
- typically-containsArchiveoutgoing
- typically-containsLibraryoutgoing
- typically-containsMaker Spaceoutgoing
- typically-containsReading Roomoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getty AAT | 300006824 | libraries (buildings) | the same thing |
| Uniclass | En_25_70_47 | Library buildings | the same thing |