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Inside the 'Black Diamond' extension to the Royal Library, Copenhagen

 

From Wikipedia : "The Black Diamong building was designed by Danish architects schmidt hammer lassen. Named for its outside cover of black marble and glass, it houses a concert hall in addition to the library.

 

This new building was opened 1999. It is formed by two black cubes that are slightly tilted over the street. In the middle of them there is an 8-store atrium whose walls are white and wave-shaped, with a couple of transversal corridors that link both sides, and balconies in every store. The atrium's exterior wall is made of glass, so you can see the sea and, in the other shore, Christianshavn's luxury buildings. Three bridges connect the Black Diamond with the old part of the Royal Library; those three bridges (two small ones for internal transport and a big one with the circulation desk) go over the road."

 

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