Saturday, August 16, 2014

The 25 Most Beautiful Public Libraries in the World



1. Vennesla Library and Culture House, designed by Helen & Hard, Vennesla, Norway






2. Central Public Library, Vancouver, Canada



3. Kanazawa Umimirai Library, Kanazawa City, Japan




4. Bristol Central Library, Bristol, UK



5. The Royal Danish Library (the Black Diamond), designed by Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen, Copenhagen, Denmark



6. The Peckham Library, designed by William Alsop and Jan Störmer, South London




7. Stuttgart City Library, Stuttgart, Germany


8. Central Library, designed by Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus of OMA/LMN, Seattle



9. Sendai Mediatheque, designed by Toyo Ito, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan



10. Angelica Library, Rome, Italy


11. National Library, Belarus



12. Library of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt




13. Rijksmuseum Research Library, Amsterdam


14. National Library, Site Richelieu, Paris, France


15. New York Public Library, New York City


16. Villanueva Public Library, Villanueva, Colombia


17.  Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



18. The Media Library and Cultural Centre, designed by Barbotin + Gresham Architects, Lisses, France


19. Connemara Public Library Chennai, Chennai, India


20. The Los Angeles Central Library in Los Angeles, California


21. José Vasconcelos Library in México City, Mexico


22. Stockholm Public Library


23. Amsterdam Public Library


24. Old Market Library, Min Buri, Bangkok


25. Taipei Public Library, Beitou Branch