Stewart, James Bennett2015-06-232015-06-231991http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53303“For it is ultimately the function of art, in imposing a credible order upon ordinary reality, and thereby eliciting some perception of an order in reality, to bring us to a condition of serenity, stillness and reconciliation; then leave us as Virgil left Dante, to proceed toward a region where that guide can avail us no farther." T.S. Eliot This thesis is a search for an imposed credible order in a town library. As such it is simply a vehicle developing a process to produce architecture which is stable, whole and meaningful.iv, 23 leavesapplication/pdfen-USIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1991.S739Library buildings -- Virginia -- Blacksburg -- Designs and plansLibrary architecture -- Virginia -- Blacksburg -- Designs and plansBlacksburg (Va.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Designs and plansThesis