Buildings for objects
Trinity College Library, Dublin and Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura, Rio De Janeiro
Simply stunning places - it's still important to touch what we know. Today's databases may have larger holdings but they lack the spatial and cultural greatness I see here.
More at the nonist: Red-Hot and Filthy Library Smut (via cnwb)
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Hofer's book is beautifully produced, and has an intro by U. Eco on (non)imaginary and (non)ideal libraries. Highly recommended!
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Don't the folds in the architecture of Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura remind you of a book? Also, the Trinity College Library's architecture reminds me of a photo album binding.
Wow, the Trinity College Library in Dublin looks almost exactly the same as the social science division of the Royal Library here in Copenhagen. It does indeed make library visits a pleasure, like stepping into history...lovely.
The Beinecke Library at Yale is spectacular as well. There's a virtual tour at http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/brblinfo/brblslides_tour.html
amazing and sexy :)
makes me want to cut off my computer post (that pose and keep almost all day long..and night) and go out there to those un charted places
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