|  | Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève
| Status: | | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1842 | | Finished | 1850 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - library | | Structural Types | | - lowrise |
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Description
- Architect: Henri Labrouste
- New iron construction technology allowed this Paris library to be built with a vast and well lit reading room. In an adaptation of classical style, square columns in the lower levels extended into open ironwork in the upper floors and roof.
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