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Holborn Library
Building in London, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Holborn Library is a public library in Theobalds Road, Holborn, in the London Borough of Camden.
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Location | London, WC1 United Kingdom |
Completed | 1960 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Ernest Ives and assistants I D Aylott and E L Ansell, in close collaboration with Borough Librarian J Swift |
Main contractor | Holborn Borough Council Architects’ Department |
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The library is operated by the Camden London Borough Council and also houses the Local Studies and Archives Centre for the borough.[1]
The Twentieth Century Society describe it as "a milestone in the history of the modern public library".[2]