SydneyLibrarian SG wow! I'm impressed by what I saw! Click on this link http://www.nlb.gov.sg/newbuilding/index.html and select Virtual Flythrough for a sneak preview of what the new National Library will look like! I wanna go visit it!
Rhonda SG Whoa... I just watched the virtual flythrough. I just hope that the interior decor shown in that flythrough is just a virtual one ... cuz I'd hate to see the library in stark white with plastic chairs and metal furniture. I hope they're going to use warm, earthy colours and lots of wood - that'll make it look real cozy and inviting! I saw its new site on this map... it's in-between the City Hall and Bugis MRT Stations.
Rhonda SG Wow... it's slated to open in ... *drumroll!! ddddddrrrrrrrrrrr.... CHIANG!!! ... JULY 2005!!!
SydneyLibrarian SG Originally posted by Rhonda: Wow... it's slated to open in ... *drumroll!! ddddddrrrrrrrrrrr.... CHIANG!!! ... [b]JULY 2005!!! [/b]Definitely a MUST-VISIT for me when I'm back in Dec!
Rhonda SG Yeah... I think we should be hearing news about it somewhere in June. Let's keep each other posted about any updates in here! PS. I hope they won't delay the opening! I definitely want to go! Best thing is to go there, have lunch at one of the cafes, hang around in the library reading until about 6pm, then walk over to the Makansutra Gluttons Corner @ the Esplanade and have dinner.
SydneyLibrarian SG Okie dokie! I'd love to spend an hour or two just walking around the building! The observatory pod looks like it'll have breathtaking views.... (maybe of the construction of the SMU down the road! haha! )
Rhonda SG I was reading the Vision of the new library and found this point interesting : "In this context, the Library will serve as a centre for research especially on business, science, culture and heritage attracting scholars from all over the world to produce excellent research output. It will support planning and decision-making and inspire the young and old, the generalist and specialist, in the pursuit of their personal and professional aspirations." Lofty-sounding... but how in the world does it expect to 'attract scholars from all over the world to produce excellent research output'? And the next sentence is so sublime and grandiose it deserves to be immortalised in a Dilbert cartoon... 'It will support planning and decision-making and inspire the young and old, the generalist and specialist, in the pursuit of their personal and professional aspirations.'
Rhonda SG Incidentally, the SMU campus is coming up nicely. I think the blocks are all up already and they're putting the finishing touches now. Buildings sprout up like mushrooms these days... pre-fab really speeds up the work.
EricDraven SG So near to my office! Woohooooooo! The nerd in me is rejoicing out loud! I can walk there practically every workday during lunch!
kops21 SG it that consider orchard road? if it does then must bless those that are going to drive there, its gonna be jam packed.
Rhonda SG Kops, the location of the new library is on this map : So, yeah... I guess parking's gonna be a royal pain!
casshern SG oh no, means pple will be rushing down to the new lib, aunties bringing their little noisy kids running ard. the lib will not be the place it used to be
