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March 27, 2006: Montreal Celebrates Its UNESCO Title: World Book Capital
"My intention was never to insult Gerald Beasley, director of the Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University in New York and one of the most charming and knowledgeable librarians to cross my path in many months. What I told him over the phone to was that he seems to look at the world differently than most."
"'I'm not sure if that's a compliment or an insult," he says, laughing.'"
"Beasley is the man behind the Canadian Centre for Architecture's 125 Kilos of Books, the exhibition set to open today as part of Montreal's remaining celebrations of their UNESCO title as World Book Capital 2005-2006. The show is also part of the CCA's broader mission under director Mirko Zardini to raise new questions concerning architecture, its ephemera, and the built environment."
