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Architecturally Bound: 20 of the World’s Most Stunning Libraries

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January 12, 2020 at 12:00 PM

Architecturally Bound: 20 of the World’s Most Stunning Libraries

1) Calgary Central Library

2) Hunters Point Community Library

3) The Library of Alexandria

4) Kanazawa Umimirai Library

5) Library of Birmingham

6) National Library of the Czech Republic

7) Public Library Stuttgart

9) Tianjin Binhai Library

10) The Vennesla Library and Culture House

11) The National Library of China

12) Admont Abbey Library

13) TU Delft Library

14) Spijkenisse Public Library Foundation

15) Seattle Public Library

16) The Philology Library

17) Cottbus Technical University Library

18) Bishan Library

19) The Sir Duncan Rice Library

20) Helsinki Central Library

Architecturally Bound: 20 of the World’s Most Stunning Libraries

The sparkling Calgary library recently celebrated its first anniversary as one of the most architecturally stunning libraries in the world. In fall 2019, Hunters Point Community Library opened in Queens in an effort to bring style to the East River shoreline.

They both join an ample list of architecturally pleasing libraries all over the world.

The way we house human knowledge takes on many impressive architectural forms.

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