3. Norris Green Branch Library, Liverpool, late-1930s.

4. Manor Branch Library, Sheffield (1953)

5. Kensington Public Library (1960)

6. Protest against Kensington Public Library (1959)

9. Festival of Britain, and Skylon (1951)

10. Roehampton Estate, S.E. London (1955)

11. Royal Festival Hall (1951) & Luton Central Library (1962)

12. Blackhall Branch Library, Edinburgh (1966); German Pavilion, Barcelona International Exhibition (1929)

13. Blackhall Branch Library, Edinburgh (1966)

14. Clockwise: South Ruislip Library, London Borough of Hillingdon (1969); Martin Luther King Library, Washington DC (Mies van der Rohe, 1972); Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology (Mies van der Rohe, 1956)

17. Viipuri Public Library, Finland (1935) by Alvar Aalto

18. Gothenburg City Library (1967)

19. Bradford Central Library (1967)

20. Bromley Road Branch Library, Bellingham, London Borough of Lewisham (1963)

21. Clockwise: Coventry Central Library Plan; Hampstead (now Swiss Cottage Public Library, 1964, by Basil Spence; Coventry Cathedral, 1962, by Basil Spence)

22. Bromley Central Library (opened 1977), taken from the frontispiece to ‘Design & Fulfilment’ (1967)

23. Bedfordshire County Library HQ, Bedford (1969)

24. Hampton Wick Branch Library, London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames (1979)

25. Peckham Public Library, South London

26. Brighton (Jubilee) Public Library

27. Chicago Public Library