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Old Posted Feb 12, 2020, 4:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse View Post
Wired magazine's 10 most beautiful libraries list has a Canadian entry:

1) Dokk1 Library, Aarhus, Denmark (Schmidt Hammer Lassen)
2) Lawrence (Kansas) Public Library, (by Gould Evans)
3) Yangzhou Zhongshuge, Zhen Yuan, China (by X+Living)
4) Beyazit Library, Istanbul (by Tabanlioglu Architects)
5) Vennesla Library, Norway (by Helen & Hard Architects)
6) Bodø Library, Norway (by DRDH)
7) Chicago Public Library, (by SOM)
8) Birmingham Library, (by Mecanoo)
9) Halifax Library, by Schmidt Hammer Lassen
10) Conarte Library, Monterrey Mexico (by Anagrama)

https://www.wired.com/2016/09/settle...braries-earth/

The BBC also features one (unnumbered viewer chosen list)

El Escorial Library in Madrid
Vancouver Public Library
Bodleian Library in Oxford
Trinity College Library in Dublin
Boston Public Library
The Main Reading Room, Library of Congress in Washington, DC
Ruins of the Library of Celsus in ancient city of Ephesus
John Rylands Library in Manchester
Sainte-Geneviève Library in Paris
Picton Reading Room, Liverpool Central Library

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/201...iful-libraries
Oh that makes sense, both lists are from 4/5 years ago. Though the BBC list seems to only be about ancient or suuuper grand libraries. Not that I'm not a big fan of the Vancouver Library, but I'm unclear on why it would be on that list...
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