AEC COLLECTIVE: Libraries
Libraries have harbored knowledge since mankind began putting words on paper. Cathedrals of intellect, these spaces deserve the aesthetic thought representative of the quality of information they preserve. On today’s AEC Collective, we took a look at some of the most beautiful libraries around the globe, both old and new. Their detail may make focusing…
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Libraries have harbored knowledge since mankind began putting words on paper. Cathedrals of intellect, these spaces deserve the aesthetic thought representative of the quality of information they preserve.
On today’s AEC Collective, we took a look at some of the most beautiful libraries around the globe, both old and new. Their detail may make focusing on the material in their books difficult, but they are certainly deserving of attention.
Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland (@tcddublin) #AccidentalWesAnderson pic.twitter.com/F78Ca8QmnF
— Wes Anderson (@AccidentalWes) July 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/historyinmoment/status/1022221222774497280
https://twitter.com/RaminNasibov/status/1021025082221776896
Libraries have changed over time as technology has complimented physical books, but they are still fundamentally the same.
https://twitter.com/archpics/status/1020937754681774080
"The angles and curves are meant to stimulate different uses of the space, such as reading, walking, meeting and discussing. Together they form the 'eye' of the building: to see and be seen" says Winy Maas: https://t.co/312hI45Dna #library #mvrdv pic.twitter.com/Jkum69fAgJ
— World Architecture (@WACommunity) July 21, 2018
Great news Liverpool Central Library have won The Book Seller's Library of the year 2018 @CentralLibrary_ @angelcakepics @Lpool_Pics_2013 @scousescene https://t.co/NzPZ8NNV9G pic.twitter.com/cSuaiuzTf8
— Bernard Rose (@BRPimages) July 14, 2018
Massimo Listri opens the door to some of the world's most beautiful libraries: https://t.co/45hZpkKEzN pic.twitter.com/AAFzFtOKNi
— Architectural Digest (@ArchDigest) July 9, 2018
The best libraries combine functionality with beauty.
Come with us as we take a tour of the most stunning libraries in the world, from the Richelieu library in #Paris to the #Stuttgart City Library and the Trinity College library in #Dublin. https://t.co/FspCjLk36A pic.twitter.com/PGYlml4ox9
— Vogue.fr (@VogueParis) July 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/historylvrsclub/status/1014632436280545280
For all my librarian friends. Strahov Monastery library hall, Prague. (Also my new home design goal. Though painting the ceiling could be tricky in a rented house.) pic.twitter.com/cCb13xaZst
— Kelly Gardiner (@kmjgardiner) July 15, 2018
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