Carved typographic trees made for the Crawley Library in West Sussex, U.K, by artist Gordon Young and Why Not Associates…
Kansas City Public Library, Missouri, U.S.A…

Dale Chihuly‘s home library, Seattle, Washington…

Diorama by Lori Nix…
Proposed design for the Stockholm Public Library, by Olivier Charles, Armel Neouze and Jacques Gelez…
…and its actual self, designed by Gunnar Asplund in 1932…thanks ArchDaily…
Seattle Public Library…thanks CurledUpWithABook…


From Candida Hofer‘s book ‘Libraries‘, her photo of Trinity College Library, Dublin…

…my favourite domestic library of all time, in La Maison De Verre, Paris, 1928-32, by Pierre Chareau…


Pierre Chareau – Maison de Verre from Not Made TV on Vimeo.
Who knows the fate of Tadao Ando‘s 2005 Picture Book Museum, in Iwaki City, Fukushima, Japan?

Jose Maria Chofre’s Children’s Library in San Vincente del Raspeig, Spain, with its vertical garden…thanks ArchDaily and Inhabitat…


…a school/library full of colour and fun…thanks Coolhunter; where is it located?…


Susy Pilgrim Waters‘ mural for the Children’s Center of The New York Public Library on 42nd Street…thanks LillaRogers & Stickers&Donuts…




Pentagram in conjunction with the Robin Hood Foundation, designed many children’s libraries in New York…with Lynn Pauley creating this mural for P.S. 36 in the Bronx, NY…
Raphael Esquer for P.S. 196…
Christoph Niemann for P.S.69…
…and my favourite children’s library of them all, designed by Maira Kalman for P.S. 47 in the Bronx, New York…




…and in Maira’s own words…
There’s a site called BeautifulLibraries for more wonderful library images to ogle, as well as WebUrbanist’s list of ‘13 Incredibly Intricate Historic Libraries‘ and its wonderful library design selection here…
















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