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The Beauty of Books: Journey Through The World’s Most Ornate Libraries

Some of the world’s most stunning old structures were built to house books with a reverence equal to that of cathedrals, every grand hall, domed ceiling and hand-carved scroll a testament to ...

Not Just Science Fiction: Incredible Futuristic Tianjin Binhai Library by MVRDV

Looking like something out of a Kubrick film, the new Tianjin Binhai Library by MVRDV and local firm TUPDI features cascading floor-to-ceiling bookshelves that double as benches centered around a ...

Palaces of Self-Discovery: Photos Document the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

Symmetrical photographs reveal the elegant geometries present in the architecture of some of the world’s most beautiful libraries, captured by Thibaud Poirier. The Paris-based photographer has ...

Book and Bed Hostel: Your Dream to Sleep in a Library Came True

Every true bibliophile has gazed up at the seemingly endless shelves of books in a good bookstore or library and imagined gathering up a stack, finding a quiet nook and turning in for the night. ...

Check Out These Books: 18 Home Libraries for Ravenous Readers

Short of actually curling up in a relaxing space to get lost in the words on a page, there's nothing reading enthusiasts love more than gazing at photo after photo of beautiful libraries, ...

Fictional Libraries: Images Make Information Inaccessible

All of the books in the world still exist, yet are just out of reach, locked up in an impenetrable fortress or stacked so high we can’t hope to reach them, in this dystopian vision by ...

Room to Read in a Digital World: 14 Modern Library Designs

Shifting from paper to digital media hasn’t diminished the role of libraries in our communities, with many modern designs expanding to serve as cultural hubs with cafes, soundproof video rooms ...

Free Little Libraries: 25 Contextual Designs & Creative Reuses

Little Free Libraries have been popping up all over the U.S. - and in other countries as well - since 2009. The movement began in Wisconsin, where Todd Bol built a tiny replica of a schoolhouse ...

Mobile Pop-Up Libraries: 12 Temporary & Traveling Book Lenders

Peruse the waterproofed selections at Minnesota's Floating Library, renew your library card at a bus stop in Bogota, or select a volume from the shelves mounted to a tank-shaped 'Weapon of Mass ...

Secular Conversion: Historic Chapel Turned Modern Library

A beautiful old chapel in the Italian town of Lonate Ceppino has been transformed into a modern library with a  perforated aluminum tower that adds to the building without compromising its ...

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