I saw this photo of the new National Library of China recently and it got me to thinking about libraries in general. The main branch public libraries in New York City and Boston are beautiful old buildings as was the original Chicago library (the current Harold Washington Library is more scary than beautiful).So what do the libraries in other cities look like? A quick search on Google brought up Candida Höfer, a German photographer who specializes in photographs of large empty interiors. These photos of libraries are only empty if you don't count the books. But they are beautiful.
Buenos Aires
Rome
Trinity College - Canada
Milan
The Haag
See more here: http://www.artnet.com/artist/691911/candida-hofer.html
or buy the book
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