_1622 Fountainbridge Library "<p> Fountainbridge Library is an icon of modern Scottish architecture. It was funded by the publisher Thomas Nelson Jr, and designed by the architect John A. W. Grant (1887 \u2013 1959). It also features friezes on its fa\u00e7ade by the sculptor Charles d\u2019Orville Pilkington Jackson. Completed in 1940, the building was designed to house a state-of-the-art library and community hall, embodying the concerns of architects, librarians and social policy makers of the period. The building remained open during the blackout and still serves the community today.<\/p><p> <strong>GLOBAL CONNECTIONS<\/strong><\/p><p>Fountainbridge Library is an important example of Scottish Modernism, with links to the international modern movement in sculpture and architecture, particularly relating to Art Deco features.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><strong>ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/p><p>Refreshments<\/p><p>Guided Tours at 10:30, 12:30 and 2:30 of both the inside and outside of the Library. Advance booking essential via <span><a href="mailto:fountainbridge.library@edinburgh.gov.uk">fountainbridge.library@edinburgh.gov.uk<\/a><\/span> or 0131 529 5616<\/p>" Organization "<p> Fountainbridge Library is an icon of modern Scottish architecture. It was funded by the publisher Thomas Nelson Jr, and designed by the architect John A. W. Grant (1887 \u2013 1959). It also features friezes on its fa\u00e7ade by the sculptor Charles d\u2019Orville Pilkington Jackson. Completed in 1940, the building was designed to house a state-of-the-art library and community hall, embodying the concerns of architects, librarians and social policy makers of the period. The building remained open during the blackout and still serves the community today.<\/p><p> <strong>GLOBAL CONNECTIONS<\/strong><\/p><p>Fountainbridge Library is an important example of Scottish Modernism, with links to the international modern movement in sculpture and architecture, particularly relating to Art Deco features.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><strong>ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/p><p>Refreshments<\/p><p>Guided Tours at 10:30, 12:30 and 2:30 of both the inside and outside of the Library. Advance booking essential via <span><a href="mailto:fountainbridge.library@edinburgh.gov.uk">fountainbridge.library@edinburgh.gov.uk<\/a><\/span> or 0131 529 5616<\/p>" 55.86362 -4.261207