Bibliothèque et archive nationales du Québec, Montréal, Canada

Designed by the Patkau/Croft-Pelletier/Guité consortium and realized by Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes, the "Grande Bibliothèque" opened its doors in 2005.

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Médiathèque Françoise-Sagan, Paris, France

The library occupies the former infirmary wing of the St Lazare convent and leper colony.

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Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada

The heart of the Toronto Public Library network, this library was designed by Raymond Moriyama and opened in 1977.

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Kela library, Helsinki, Finland

This library, which Alvar Aalto built for the Finnish Social Insurance Institution (Kela) in 1952-56, prefigures many of the design elements he would use in subsequent libraries: round skylights, sunken reading room, etc.

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Maison de la Littérature, Québec City, Canada

The former Wesley Anglican Temple in the heart of Québec is now a bright library dedicated to the works of the province's authors. The conversion by Chevalier Morales architects was completed in 2017.

📷: Canon 5D Mk.II + TS-E24mm f/3.5L
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Seeley Historical Library, Cambridge, UK

Completed in 1968, the University of Cambridge Faculty of History is part of the "Red Triolgy" of buildings by influential British architect James Stirling.

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Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) Library, Budapest, Hungary

In contrast with yesterday's photo, today's library traces its history back to 1561. Its current location is the Neobaroque university palace built by Antal Szkalnitzky in 1876.

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Stadtbibliothek am Mailänder Platz, Stuttgart, Germany

This library designed by Eun Young Yi and opened in 2011 is truly mind-boggling. It contains two large spaces that feel larger than the exterior, including this amazing reading room.

📷: Canon 5D Mk.II + Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
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Bibliothèque de Drummondville, Québec, Canada

Designed by Chevalier Morales architects, this library opened in 2017. Its pale blue colour is inspired by slag from steel production in the area.

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Don Mills Library, Toronto, Canada

This branch of the Toronto Public Library network was built in 1961 by Craig, Madill, Abram and Ingleson Architects for Canada's first planned community. The 1994 extension is by Joseph Bogdan Associates.

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Médiathèque La Passerelle, Vitrolles, France

A symbol of the renewal of this suburb of Marseilles, the new library designed by Jean-Pierre Lott opened in 2016.

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Lunenburg Academy, Nova Scotia, Canada

This former secondary school now hosts a variety of institutions, including the Lunenburg Public Library in the first floor classrooms.

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Bibliothek des Museums Rietberg, Zürich, Switzerland

The Villa Schönberg in Zürich now hosts the library and archives of nearby Museum Rietberg, an institution with a focus on the traditional and contemporary arts and cultures of Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania.

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Bibliothèque Forney, Paris, France

Today installed inside the Hôtel de Sens, the former seat of the archibishop of Sens, the Forney Library was founded as in 1886. A patrimonial library focused on decorative and graphic art, it is named after Aimé Samuel Fornay, a tailor of Swiss origin who established the collection.

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Den Sorte Diamant - Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen, Denmark

Completed in 1999, the building owes its nickname to its polished black granite cladding and sharp angles.

📷: Canon 5D Mk.II + 24-105mm f/4L
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Harald Herlin Learning Centre, Aalto University, Helsinki

Formerly the Helsinki University of Technology Library, it was designed by Alvar Aalto and opened in 1969.

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Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto, Canada

The weather outside is pretty dreadful where I am today, so I'm imagining being inside a bunker full of books instead. Like the rare book library within the University of Toronto's Robarts Library by Mathers & Haldenby, completed 1973.

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Former Preston Public Library, Cambridge ON, Canada

As the flashy car parked out front can attest, this Carnegie library, designed by W. E. Binning in 1909, is now a private residence.

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Dawson College Library, Montréal, Canada

Among the first examples of Beaux-Arts architecture in Canada, this used to be the chapel for the Notre-Dame Congregation.

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Philologische Bibliothek, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

This iconic library was designed by Norman Foster to resemble a human brain and opened in 2005.

📷: Canon 5D Mk.II + Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6
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