BOOK - The most beautiful libraries in the world

After The most beautiful bookstores, let yourself embark on a world tour of the most breathtaking libraries! From Sweden to Australia via Egypt, India or Colombia, this book celebrates the oldest and grandest of these sanctuaries, but also their youngest and smallest heirs. First, by reflecting on the essential role of these memory enclosures. Because libraries are much more than a simple pile of various books! They constitute the archives of our knowledge, and abound in infinite sources of inspiration. They are places of work, study and meeting. They are, finally, a symbol and the living testimony of the societies that built them. This book is also interested in the different architectural audacities to which they gave rise: from baroque or rococo palaces to micro-libraries made of recycled plastic, and the most improbable nuggets that exist between the two! A book that will delight lovers of literature as well as lovers of architecture!