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Functional change at its best: library opened in a newly renovated church
As with people, there may come a time in the history of buildings when the need arises for a change of focus—a process often seen in contemporary architecture, such as boutique hotels converted from monasteries or even family homes converted from mills. The Red Church in Olomouc has been
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A library named after Milan Kundera opens in Brno
The institute opened its doors in the building of Morva Library in Brno on the 1st of April, the 94th birthday of the world-famous Czech writer.
Born in Brno in 1929, Milan Kundera emigrated to France in 1975 and has lived there ever since. He has won numerous literary prizes
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One of the world’s most beautiful libraries opens to the public in Prague
The Baroque hall of the Klementinum building complex is being opened to the public as part of a new city tour to attract more cultural tourists to the Czech capital.
In Prague’s Old Town, not far from Charles Bridge, stands the second largest historic building complex in the city,
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Former rectory converted into a municipal library in Czechia
The disused building of a former Roman Catholic rectory in Vratislavice nad Nisou in Czechia has already been home to an orphanage, a kindergarten, and a school. It is now being revived as a municipal library thanks to the design of the architectural firm atakarchitekti. Take a look!
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Kraków airport opens “library”
A bookshelf has been set up at Kraków Airport, offering Polish and foreign-language books for children and adults to make their wait time more rewarding.
“Reading books is an excellent relaxing activity, especially before a flight. We can feel the joy of contact with fiction, return to our dreams of
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noa* imagines a futuristic look for the new European library
noa* is amongst the contenders who have submitted a proposal for designing the European Library of Information and Culture to be built in Milan. The project, titled the Tree of Knowledge, was imagined by creating an all-permeating natural landscape in the form of an organic roof ring that houses a
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A library was built in honor of mathematician Petr Hájek in Prague
The book collection of the Czech mathematician Petr Hájek, who died in 2016, was added to The Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences, which was once led by the researcher. A separate library section was built for the books, which was designed by the Czech Studio
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Where books live—The most beautiful libraries in Eastern Europe | TOP 5
A library is a wonderful place that can open up magical, story-filled worlds in the figurative sense of the word. Whether the building is modern or just old, the vast number of books will captivate us sooner or later. In our selection today, if only virtually, we have brought you
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Exciting university buildings | TOP 5
University campuses are not only places of knowledge and learning: their lecture halls, libraries, research centers can also be architecturally exciting. In our selection today, we visit five exciting university buildings in the Eastern European region.
Jagiellonian University | Collegium Maius
The Collegium Maius, the oldest building in the Jagiellonian University
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Hotel Budapest on your desk? Absolutely!
High-rise buildings reaching to the sky, façades evocative of UFOs and concrete everywhere! Our new collection, SOC/MOD is here, bringing the emblematic structures of the region to life in the form of miniature concrete buildings and prints—and now they are up for grabs! Attention: extra limited quantities!
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Bath and library in one
The City of Bratislava announced an international call for the renovation of Grössling Bath, with the revival of the facility’s community role as one of the core criteria. Deichler Jakab Studio’s proposal finished fourth of the total of 77 project submitted.
The City of Bratislava and the Metropolitan