The excellent central library in Portsmouth, a triumph of Brutalist Modernism, the original finishes inside were amazing

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The second one of the public library, stuttgart.

One of the few quiet spaces in the library - lots of activities everywhere else for Fun Palaces weekend.

Westcliff is Grade II listed - I think those unusual windows and the 'central 6 bay ridge and furrow clerestorey' as described in the listing, might have something to do with it.

Details US Library of Congress

The Millenium Library

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Spies Public Library.

reading room

Adilah Zulkifli | Kuala Lumpur Public Library, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia | Canon Powershot G7

Seattle Library

First of Four Little Free Libraries that I found on this morning's drive around a few back country roads.

Monroe, Oregon

OM System OM-5

Olympus 12-50mm

The famous library at Fontainebleau

枫丹白露

"Take a Book - Return a Book"

With a roof of license plates.

One of approx. 50 in Tucson.

4270 E. Holmes St., Tucson, AZ

New York Public Library

[[Edit: I'm seeing this picture getting hits from people searching for "Helsinki library". This IS a library in Helsinki, but it's not Oodi, the new Central Library, which is this one.]]

Vuosaari is a suburb of Greater Helsinki, albeit quite a big one, so I wasn't expecting much. It's a really nice place though, with a cracking public library.

There were plenty of books (all too often absent these days), a great children's section, computers and internet access, DVD and Bluray for loan, and the thing that really caught my eye was a Roland CAMM-1 vinyl cutter. Not the sort of thing one normally finds in a branch library!

Hamilton Library, University of Hawaii at Manoa

library

san francisco state university

san francisco, california

Boxes of a street open library appeared on boulevard trees. Free of charge books offer each and every passer by a unique opportunity not only to grab a book, but to follow it;s destiny as well. Most of the books are marked as books-crossing, some lack any signs of a previous owner. Anyway this fun way to find a new reading seems to be a new joy.

Library of the German Bundestag

I've updated my BlueBrick schematic track library to version 1.1 incorporating the following updates:

1) Added RC/9V R40 radius half curves

2) Added RC flex track components.

Head over to www.brickdimensions.com/resources/trains to download this latest version.

5 of my favorite Prints will be part of the Leavenworth Library Photo Exhibit Starting Feb 4

Main lobby and balcony

Jelena in the Public Library

Senke Shinryū sōka jikishihō

Edo :Suwaraya Moheē,Meiwa 6 [1769]

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Cane garden, SVG.

View On Black

In the library of Frankfurt's Max Planck Institute for European Legal History.

Lord Byron's guests would not be short of something to read - if that is what they wanted to do.

a7R + Rollei Planar 50mm f/1.8

夜な夜な夜な。

James B. Duke Library, Furman University, Greenville SC

Part of the library in Stowe House, Buckinghamshire. The library is still used by pupils at Stowe School so the books are not all as antiquated as in many old houses.

toronto refrence library

Foyer of the library.

Taken for the architecture challenge at work.

Update: This photo was in the Landscapes of Vancouver show at the Yaletown Gallery. And it sold on the first night!

Cambridge Public Library, MA

Staple Hill Library

Helsinki University Library 12.9.2012 Helsinki,photographer Marjo Koivumäki, Studio Apris oy

l'entrée de la bibliothèque

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Vancouver Public Library's Central Branch at Library Square

Kanazawa Umi Mirai Library, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Warwick's library in Brisbane

All you need is a library card, and oh the treasures you can find!

Every night is light night here

Our Daily Challenge 6-12 May : Trash or Treasure

Rescued and repurposed.

library

Our Daily Challenge 19-25 March : Waiting

The queue for the doors opening at 10am.

In mono here www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/?image_id=2738808