The architecture or architectural history of buildings (or rooms within buildings) intended to house books.
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- Bodleian Library Oxford University's page about its main research library, one of the oldest in Europe and which today consists of the buildings on the central site and nine other libraries.
- Great Buildings Online: Libraries Photographs, dates and discussions of a selection of the world's most outstanding library buildings from ancient to modern, with references.
- The Sterling Memorial Library Contemporary description and photographs from the April 1931 issue of the Yale Library Gazette.
- Wikipedia: Biblioteca Joanina The Baroque library of the University of Coimbra, built in the 18th century. An illustrated description from the collaborative online encyclopedia.
- Seattle Public Library Arcspace's page about the innovative design for the new Central Library by architect Rem Koolhass, with brief description and photographs.
- Glasgow University Library An illustrated timeline of one of the largest libraries in the United Kingdom, with its origins in the Middle Ages, but now housed in a building of the 1960s.
- Designing Libraries - Library Buildings Online A database of descriptions and images of recent UK public library building projects. A resource for sharing expertise and experience on library planning and design.
- McLennan Library Building A seven-storey reinforced concrete structure built in 1969 at the McGill campus in Montreal and designed by Dobush, Stewart, and Bourke. Description and photographs.
- South Christchurch Library An environmentally friendly building opened in 2003 and winner of a supreme award for architecture at the NZIA awards. Designed by Architecture Warren and Mahoney. Links to photographs and further information about the building.
- Pasadena Public Library A brief history from its founding in 1882, with illustrations and links to further details. The 1924 buildings designed by Myron Hunt and H.C.Chambers were restored and renovated between 1984 and 1990.
- Wikipedia: Danish Royal Library An illustrated description with a link to a Wikimedia Commons thumbnail gallery of images of the new (1999) 'Black Diamond' library extension building designed by the Danish architects Schmidt, Hammer and Lassen.
- Wikipedia: Bibliotheca Alexandrina This huge modern library in Egypt designed by Norwegian architects Snøhetta, commemorates the famous ancient Library of Alexandria. An illustrated description from the collaborative online encyclopedia.
- Carnegie Libraries of Scotland An illustrated guide by Gerry Blaikie to the architecture and history of libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie in Scotland.