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La bibliothèque du parlement / The Library Of Parliament
The beauty of the Library of Parliament is reminiscent of an earlier age, echoing times and personalities long past. Overlooking the spectacular craggy bluffs of the Ottawa River, the Library has been admired by millions of visitors since it opened in 1876.
Modelled on the Reading Room of the British Museum, this distinctive circular structure features a ring of sixteen flying buttresses, pinnacles, decorative windows and beautiful ornamental ironwork. The Library building is crowned by a circular lantern.
The Library also plays a vital role in the overall look of Parliament Hill. While the Centre Block and the formal Parliamentary lawns represent an ordered landscape, the Library's design echoes the contour of the escarpment, and the building is set against the wilderness of the cliff.
The first Librarian of Parliament, Alpheus Todd, advised that this Gothic marvel be separated from the Centre Block by a corridor to protect it from fire. That advice helped save the Library from the disastrous fire that struck the Centre Block in 1916. As a result, we can continue to enjoy this architectural jewel.
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It's amazing what you find when you start looking. I am finding so many hidden gems in my own back yard. This is an image taken inside the Victorian State Library. I've lived in Melbourne over 30 years and today was the first time I ventured inside this amazing building. via 500px ift.tt/1nIafG4
After converting the old library/office into a family/game room, the new library now resides at one end of the great room, with the study just around the corner.
Here are some recent (today) pictures of the Heart Center Astrological Library in Big Rapids. I posted a shot before, but these are better photos. The library has been in existence some twenty years or so and all of the books and periodicals have been indexed in a computer. We are in discussion with the Library of Congress and the University of Illinois to one day make this library part of their permanent collection.
There are two levels to the library. This photo is of the north wall on your left, looking toward the east wall. Above this level is another level of shelves. You can perhaps see a bit of that level at the top left.
One of your typical tourist shots that everyone takes when in Melbourne
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Look at the door. Books have been painted on it.
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The Library of Birmingham is a public library in Birmingham, England. It is situated on the west side of the city centre at Centenary Square, beside the Birmingham Rep (to which it connects, and with which it shares some facilities) and Baskerville House. Upon opening on 3 September 2013, it replaced Birmingham Central Library. The library, which is estimated to have cost £188.8 million, is viewed by the Birmingham City Council as a flagship project for the city's redevelopment. It has been described as the largest public library in the United Kingdom, the largest public cultural space in Europe, and the largest regional library in Europe. 2,414,860 million visitors came to the library in 2014 making it the 10th most popular visitor attraction in the UK
A glimpse of an enormous library, with hundred of books and work of every type and species, that represents the ancientest part, protected by a wall of glass
Running out of new photography due to the lockdown and looking back to some older images - in this case the Library of Birmingham in January 2014
It's COLD outside so grab a book from the village library. You can gather round the fireplace with a cup of hot tea. Hopefully, the next fireplace photo will not be dark and forbidding.
All the pictures in this set where taken on the 11th May 2017 during the opening day of Storyhouse. Storyhouse is Chester’s brand new cultural centre: theatre, cinema, library, studio theatre, restaurant, and bar housed in a rejuvenated 1930s art deco Odeon cinema building.
For more information about StoryHouse see www.storyhouse.com
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The new Library of Birmingham in Centenary Square which cost £188.8m, designed by Dutch architects Mecanoo . It has been described as the largest regional library in Europe.
My old oak desk, banished. This table, however, offeres ample room to spread out large folios. If I had large folios. September, 2013.
Cross-view stereophoto.