Logotopia: The Library in Architecture, Art and the Imagination February 19 - April 13, 2008 Tuesday, February 19 at 6:30 pm Cambridge Galleries, Design at Riverside, 7 Melville St. S., Cambridge, Ontario   Logotopia (from the Ancient Greek logos, meaning “word” and topos, meaning “place”) presents a range of stunning library projects—Canadian and International, contemporary and historical, real and imaginary. The exhibition explores the library in its various typologies—the Universal Library, the National Library, the Community Library, and the Private Library, plus a section on Technology and the Future of Libraries. The exhibition takes readers to places and times as diverse as ancient Alexandria, contemporary Montreal, small-town Ontario, war-torn Baghdad and cyberspace. Featured projects include Biblioteca Alexandria in Egypt by Snøhetta Architects, the Grande Bibliotheque in Montreal by Patkau Architects, the Hespeler Library in Cambridge by Alar Kongats Architects and Library of a Poet in Japan by Shigeru Ban Architects. In addition, Logotopia presents thematically related objects of art, literature, new media and pop culture. The exhibition is accompanied by a 128 page illustrated publication including contributions by writers and artists as well as architects. Featured Architects: Hariri Pontarini Architects, Kongats Architects Inc., Patkau Architects, Shigeru Ban Architects, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, Snøhetta Architects. Featured Artists: Adam David Brown, Douglas Coupland, Denis Farley, Guy Laramée, Michael Lewis. Featured Writers: Lise Bissonnette, Ray Bradbury, Alberto Manguel, Robert Jan van Pelt, Nora Young.   <<back