Vancouver Public Library - One of The Most Beautiful Libraries in The World

In a city that has few architectural gems, the Central Library (Library Square) is one of Vancouver’s few gleaming gems – and the world has noticed.

The Vancouver Colosseum-inspired building was designed by world renowned architect Moshe Safdie. It combines the old with the new and is the only library in Canada to be ranked as one of the most beautiful libraries in the world.

Here is what Travel + Leisure had to say about the Central Library:

Architect Moshe Safdie’s creation resembles a modern-day Colosseum. You enter the Central Library through a huge skylit concourse, which contains shops and cafés and acts as an urban gathering point. Bridges inside the library connect to reading and study areas in the outer walls. Plans are under way to reclaim two of the building’s top floors from other tenants in order to expand the rooftop garden and make it accessible to the public. Open seven days a week

20 Most Beautiful Libraries in the World George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore The Royal Library Copenhagen, Denmark Clementinum, Prague Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Central Library of Vancouver, Canada Musashino Art University Museum and Library, Tokyo New York Public Library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building) Marciana Library, Venice Trinity College Old Library, Dublin Stuttgart City Library, Germany Library of Birmingham, England Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt Coimbra Library, University of Coimbra–Alta and Sofia, Portugal Bodleian Library, Oxford University, England Seattle Public Library’s Central Library Connemara Public Library, Chennai, India Austrian National Library, Vienna Mortlock Wing State Library, Adelaide, Australia Beitou Branch of the Taipei Public Library, Taiwan

Credit: Kirberg, E. (2014, July). CENTRAL LIBRARY OF VANCOUVER AMONG MOST BEAUTIFUL LIBRARIES IN THE WORLD. Retrieved from Buildium: http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/07/beautiful-libraries-world/