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A Ludicrously Luxurious Law Library

Library architecture/design these days is all about glass and steel, about clean lines and sans serif fonts. Don’t get me ...

Destination Bookstore: Livraria da Vila in São Paulo, Brazil

Photographs of the Livraria da Vila in São Paulo, Brazil, a must-visit bookstore.

Beijing’s Breathtaking Stick and Glass Library

How do you create a breathtakingly modern reading space that doesn’t compete with the natural wooded beauty of rural Beijing? ...

Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Great Library of Alexandria Reborn?

Many have heard of The Library of Alexandria–the greatest center of learning and manuscripts in the ancient world. Said to ...

The Read Nest (You Know You Want One)

32 square feet. One door. One window. One skylight. One bed. One table. A wall of bookshelves. And that’s it. ...

The Library Bridge

Adding new building space on historic university campuses is a difficult task. This was the problem Zaha Hadid faced when ...

The Book Tower House

When a client was looking to add an extension to their tall, narrow London home to house their library and ...

A Gorgeous Corporate Library

You’ve surely heard about trendy tech companies with on-site daycare, gourmet chefs, workout facilities, and even a one-story slide. But ...

America’s Most Beautiful Public Library

When you grow up in Kansas City and move away, you get used to people making Wizard of Oz jokes ...

An Outdoor Library

Frigid temperatures here in the Northeast have got me daydreaming about reading out in the sunshine. This open-air library in ...