I recently came across a website that most people would skim over, but I–being the book nerd that I am–was transfixed. The page features dozens of photos of beautiful libraries all over the world. I’ll publish a link to the site here: http://curiousexpeditions.org/?p=78
My favourites were Abbey Library in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Biblioteca Geral University of Coimbra in Coimbra, Portugul, and the Wiblingen Monastery Library in Ulm, Germany.
I found the intricate paintings on the ceilings very interesting and beautiful, and if I ever have enough money to design my own library it will definitly have spiral staircases, like in some of these pictures.
I also found it easy to tell which libraries were from the US, since they are all alot younger than some of the European ones, and most times the architecture isn’t as fascinating.
Take a look and tell me what you think!
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Beautiful.
One that is not there but should be is the old Science Periodicals Library in Cambridge, UK (now the Central Science Library)