BU Schuman, Aix-en-Provence, France.
The development of the university campus in Aix was interrupted by WWII. When work resumed in the 1950s, the Spanish Revival style of the earlier buildings made way to a modern campus designed by René Egger.
For the law library completed in 1954, architect Fernand Pouillon sought to blend the two styles.
: Fuji X-T20 + XF14mm f/2.8 R
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Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and completed in 1963, this library has outer walls of thin translucent marble panels. A second glass skin encloses the climate-controlled "jewel box" where the documents are stored.
: Canon 5D Mk.II + Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
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Cardiff Central Library, Wales.
Designed by BDP Architects and opened in 2009, this is the fourth central library building in Cardiff. It sits on the southern end of The Hayes, the open market plaza in the city centre. On the opposite end is the 19th century Old Library, now a museum.
The artwork in front of it is "Alliance" by Jean-Bernard Métais.
: Canon 5D Mk.II + Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
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Philologische Bibliothek, Freie Universität Berlin.
Sometimes nicknamed "the Brain", this highly photogenic library was added by Norman Foster in 2005 as part of the renovation of the 1973 "Rostlaube" campus.
: Canon 5D Mk.II + Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
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Medienhaus am See, Friedrichshafen.
For #FensterFreitag, here's the view from this public library on the shore of the Bodensee (Lake Constance). This building was once the headquarters of the Kreissparkasse bank, converted into library, theatre and shops in 2006.
: Fuji X-T20 + XF14mm f/2.8 R
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Þjóðarbókhlaðan, Reykjavík.
The National and University Library of Iceland was designed by Manfreð Vilhjálmsson and Þorvaldur S. Þorvaldsson.
Work on the new library started in 1978. But a series of events, starting with the oil crisis of 1973, caused massive delays. The building finally opened in 1994, the year of the 50th anniversary of the Republic of Iceland.
: Fuji X-T20 + XF14mm f/2.8 R
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Bibliothèque des Dominicains, Colmar, France.
The Dominican convent of Colmar was first built around 1300 but most of the current buildings date from the mid 18th century. Following the Revolution, it served as Gendarmerie then teacher's college before becoming the municipal library in 1951. Now it is a research and study library.
: Fuji X-T20 + XF14mm f/2.8 R
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Dana Porter Library, University of Waterloo, Ontario.
This library is named after the university's first chancellor and former Chief Justice Dana Porter. It is also known as the "sugar cube" because of its shape. It was designed by Shore and Moffat, and Partners and completed in 1965. The three upper floors were added in 1970.
: Canon 5D Mk.II + 24-105mm f/4L
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Bibliothèque Uni-Mail, Genève.
The enormous Uni Mail campus for the University of Geneva was built in two phases between 1988 and 1999. Its size and organisation around a series of square courtyards earned it a long-lasting urban legend that it was originally planned as a prison...
: Fuji X-T20 + Laowa 9mm f/2.8
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Class of 1945 Library, New Hampshire.
One of my all-time favourites, here's Louis Kahn's fantastic library for the Phillips Exeter Academy, completed in 1971.
: Canon 5D Mk.II + Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
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Biblioteca Central UNAM, Mexico City.
The Central Library of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) was built by Juan O'Gorman in 1956.
To create the impressive mosaic that covers all faces of the book stack tower, O'Gorman collected 150 varieties of stone in 12 colours from all around Mexico. With an area of 16'000m² it is the largest mosaic in the world.
: Fuji X-T20 + XF27mm f/2.8
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BME-OMIKK, Budapest.
At the back of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) on the banks of the Danube is the Neogothic pavillon added by architecture professor Samu Pecz in 1909 for the university library. Its reading room is among the most photogenic in the city!
: Canon 5D Mk.II + Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
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Stadtbibliothek Rapperswil-Jona.
Since 1990, the former Geberit sanitary equipment factory in Rapperswil, Switzerland is used as an arts and community centre. It was transformed and renovated in 2014 and now includes the town's public library as well.
: Fuji X-T20 + XF14mm f/2.8 R
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Library of Birmingham.
The new central library of Birmingham was designed by the Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo and opened in September of 2013. It replaced John Madin's iconic Brutalist Central Library, which was later demolished.
: Canon 5D Mk.II + Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
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City Centre Library, Surrey, British Columbia.
The futuristic Surrey City Centre Library was designed by Bing Thom Architects and completed in 2011 as part of an ambitious plan to revitalize the area.
: Canon 5D Mk.II + Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
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Bibliothèque du Jardin Botanique de Genève.
The library of the Conservatory and Botanical Garden of Geneva, Switzerland was built by Jean-Marc Lamunière and associates in 1974. Renovation work in 2016 was carried by Christian Dupraz.
: iPhone 13 Pro
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Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto.
Inside the "head" of the iconic Robarts Library sits a treasure chest of rare volumes in a retro-futuristic setting. The hexagonal details are said to have been inspired by Jorge Luis Borges' Library of Babel.
: Fuji X-T20 + Laowa 9mm f/2.8
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W. R. Harper Memorial Library, University of Chicago, IL.
Designed by the Chicago architecture firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, the 1912 Harper Memorial Library was inspired by the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. Its centrepiece is the great reading room, with its 50 foot-high Gothic ceiling, stained glass windows and imposing chandeliers.
: Canon 5D Mk.II + Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
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Birks reading room, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Today's #FotoVorschlag (#Bücher #books) fits well with most of my usual content, although I rarely put books in the forefront. Here's a view through the narrow stacks of McGill's Birks reading room, formerly the Divinity Hall library. It was built between 1929 and 1931 and designed by Harold Fetherstonhaugh.
: Fuji X-T20 + Laowa 9mm f/2.8
Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany.
Starting this new week with a classic from my back catalogue, the main library at Berlin's Humbold University by Swiss architect Max Dudler, completed in 2009. The building is named after the brothers Grimm, known for their collections of folk tales and their seminal work in German lexicography.
: Canon 5D Mk.II + Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
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