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@kostyn oof Ontario is rough right now. Good for the staff and union to get the word out about their situation.

Thomas J. Bata Library, Peterborough, ON, Canada.

Another riverside library, this time along the Otonabee river in central Ontario. Completed in 1968, the library is part of a true gem of a modernist college campus designed by Ron Thom.

📷: Canon 5D Mk.II + 24-105mm f/4L
#library #LibraryArchitecture #architecture #photography

A concrete, modernist building stands by the water’s edge with its reflection visible in the river. A Canadian flag is on the roof, and trees surround the structure under a partly cloudy sky.

@shalf @pierrot et à G'nève c'est le Bâtiment des Forces Motrices. Je partage volontiers une Saint Bon Chien pour vous réconcilier :)

Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand, Paris, France.

The new headquarters of the French National Library opened in 1996 in the Paris neighbourhood of Tolbiac, a new development on the site of a former glass factory. The design by Dominique Perrault arranged the collections in four L-shaped towers, representing open books. Public areas and offices are located in the sunken base.

📷: Canon 5D Mk.II + 24-105mm f/4L
#library #LibraryArchitecture #architecture #photography

A man walks on a modern pedestrian bridge over a river, with boats docked along the shore and four glass library towers in the background under a cloudy sky.

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Interior of the Halifax Central Library in Nova Scotia. #photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #architecture #interior #urban #urbangaze #EastCoastKin

Crisscrossing staircases and bridges inside a building.

@thisismyglasgow congratulations! Looks like a perfect excuse to finally make my way back to Glasgow! :)

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

#library #LibraryArchitecture #architecture #photography

A library reading room is seen through a narrow passageway lined with books. Through the door are several tables with people seated at them.

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#FotoVorschlag: #Bücher // #Books

📍Leeds Castle

#Bibliothek #library #LeedsCastle

The image shows the corner of a room with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves filled with books. A plush, dark green chaise lounge sits in the foreground, adorned with patterned cushions. A lamp with a silver base and a lampshade sits on a small table next to the chaise lounge. The walls and shelves are made of wood. The books have different colours. The image is taken from a low angle, emphasizing the height of the bookshelves.

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#fotovorschlag boeken. The library of the Voorlinden museum in Wassenaar (a suburb of The Hague) with a beautiful glass spiral staircase leading to a gallery to reach the upper books. #denhaag #bookshelf #books #pixelfed #amateurphotography #Photos #Photo #library #museum #foto #spiralstaircase

From bottom right to top left a spiral staircase with glass walls, a wide bronze edge at the bottom, bronze steps and a narrow edge at the top. Behind the staircase a bookcase full of books from top to bottom across the entire wall. The windows are reflected in the glass staircase.

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
#library #LibraryArchitecture #architecture #photography

A large library interior with grid-like ceiling and wall pattern. It is a long rectangular space with a series of descending terraces, filled with large work tables on which people are working.

OISE Library, Toronto, Canada.

Rising on the margin of the University of Toronto's St. George's campus, the Brutalist tower of the Ontario Institute for the Study of Education (OISE) was designed by Kenneth R. Cooper and opened in 1970.

Its library takes up most of the ground floor, with a generous double-height reading room surrounding the book stacks.

📷: Fuji X-T20 + XF27mm f/2.8
#library #LibraryArchitecture #architecture #photography

Interior of a Brutailist library, an L-shaped reading room with a row of windows framed by concrete columns to the left. To the right is a two-level structure with slanted windows. Rows of tables and chairs fill the space.

Bibliothèque du Tribunal Fédéral, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Behind its austere Neoclassical facade, the Swiss Federal Court includes elegant rooms with discreet Art Deco flourishes such as the library. Completed in 1927, the building was the work of Alphonse Laverrière with Louis-Ernest Prince and Jean Béguin. The library was renovated in 2010 by Béatrice Clavel.

📷: Canon 5D Mk.II + Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
#library #LibraryArchitecture #architecture #photography

Interior view of a spacious library with a large stained glass ceiling. Bookshelves line the walls on two levels, filled with colorful books. Wooden tables and chairs are arranged neatly on the ground floor, providing a study area. A computer screen is in the foreground.

@via interesting detail, thanks for sharing!

Bibliothèque d’Étude et du Patrimoine, Toulouse, France.

During the economic slump of the 1930s, Toulouse's socialist city council embarked on a series of large civic projects. A key element of its public education initiative was a new library, built by city architect Jean Montariol and completed in 1935. The vast reading room is decorated with frescoes by Marc Saint-Saens.

📷: Fuji X-T20 + XF14mm f/2.8 R
#library #LibraryArchitecture #architecture #photography #toulouse

Interior of a Neoclassical Library with three large blind arches surrounding coloured frescoes. The furniture is contemporary in style.

Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern, Switzerland.

The elegant historic building of the Lucerne central and university library was designed by Otto Dreyer and completed in 1951. This image was taken shortly before a recent extensive renovation project.

📷: Canon 5D Mk.II + Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
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Interior of a Modern library, with large windows to the left through which trees can be seen. The room has a row of low bookshelves to the right and at the back, with large work tables filling in the rest. People are seated at tables working. There is artwork on the walls and elegant light fixtures suspended from the ceiling.

Weston Branch, Toronto Public Library, Canada.

Spring is infamously slow to come to Eastern Canada, which this week has seen the return of subzero temperatures and a fresh blanket of snow. Accordingly, here's a snowy shot of the Carnegie #library built for the town of Weston in 1914, now a branch of the Toronto Public Library system. It was designed by local architects Lindsay & Brydon.

📷: Fuji X-T20 + XC16-50mm f/3.5-5.6
#LibraryArchitecture #architecture #photography

A brick building with arched windows and a sign reading Weston Public Library is surrounded by snow-covered ground and bushes. A Canadian flag is on a pole to the right. Leafless trees are in the background.

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One of the prettiest places in my city #library #photography #memories #moments

A photo of my library I am proud to have taken

Doe Memorial Library, UC Berkeley, California.

Sharing a little bit of love for US universities this morning...
UC Berkeley is the founding campus of the University of California system, established in 1868. Beaux-Arts architect Émile Bénard won the international architectural competition for its master plan, and also designed the Doe Memorial Library completed in 1911.

📷: Fuji X-T20 + XF14mm f/2.8 R
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A grand, neoclassical, well-lit library with high arched ceilings and large windows. Rows of wooden tables with chairs and reading lamps fill the space. Shelves filled with books line the walls.

Vallila Library, Helsinki, Finland.

Serving the Vallila neighbourhood in the north of the Finnish capital, this library was designed by Juha Leiviskä and opened in 1991.

📷: Fuji X-T20 + XF14mm f/2.8 R
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Interior of a modern library with white walls and blonde wood furniture. There is cafe seating in the foreground, with people reading newspapers.

Nahum Gelber Law Library, Montreal, Canada.

For #FensterFreitag, the iconic triangular window high up on the facade of the McGill university law library building opens up to the Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton reading room. This #postmodern structure was designed by Dan S. Hanganu and opened in 1998.

📷: Fuji X-T20 + Laowa 9mm f/2.8
#library #LibraryArchitecture #architecture #photography

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