# AEC COLLECTIVE: Libraries

Published 2018-07-26 · Updated 2026-03-19 · Professional AV on MarketScale
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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…

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](https://twitter.com/tcddublin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)) [#AccidentalWesAnderson](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AccidentalWesAnderson?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/F78Ca8QmnF](https://t.co/F78Ca8QmnF)
> — Wes Anderson (@AccidentalWes) [July 25, 2018](https://twitter.com/AccidentalWes/status/1022078804158758912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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](https://t.co/312hI45Dna) [#library](https://twitter.com/hashtag/library?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#mvrdv](https://twitter.com/hashtag/mvrdv?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Jkum69fAgJ](https://t.co/Jkum69fAgJ)
> — World Architecture (@WACommunity) [July 21, 2018](https://twitter.com/WACommunity/status/1020641842864455681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Great news Liverpool Central Library have won The Book Seller's Library of the year 2018 @CentralLibrary\_ [@angelcakepics](https://twitter.com/angelcakepics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @Lpool\_Pics\_2013 [@scousescene](https://twitter.com/scousescene?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [https://t.co/NzPZ8NNV9G](https://t.co/NzPZ8NNV9G) [pic.twitter.com/cSuaiuzTf8](https://t.co/cSuaiuzTf8)
> — Bernard Rose (@BRPimages) [July 14, 2018](https://twitter.com/BRPimages/status/1018024711333318656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Massimo Listri opens the door to some of the world's most beautiful libraries: [https://t.co/45hZpkKEzN](https://t.co/45hZpkKEzN) [pic.twitter.com/AAFzFtOKNi](https://t.co/AAFzFtOKNi)
> — Architectural Digest (@ArchDigest) [July 9, 2018](https://twitter.com/ArchDigest/status/1016421548440326161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Paris?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to the [#Stuttgart](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Stuttgart?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) City Library and the Trinity College library in [#Dublin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dublin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [https://t.co/FspCjLk36A](https://t.co/FspCjLk36A) [pic.twitter.com/PGYlml4ox9](https://t.co/PGYlml4ox9)
> — Vogue.fr (@VogueParis) [July 8, 2018](https://twitter.com/VogueParis/status/1015882391716581376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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](https://t.co/cCb13xaZst)
> — Kelly Gardiner (@kmjgardiner) [July 15, 2018](https://twitter.com/kmjgardiner/status/1018577104408137729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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