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Former rectory converted into a municipal library in Czechia
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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! In addition
Kraków airport opens “library”
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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
noa* imagines a futuristic look for the new European library
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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
A library was built in honor of mathematician Petr Hájek in Prague
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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
Where books live—The most beautiful libraries in Eastern Europe | TOP 5
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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
Exciting university buildings | TOP 5
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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
Hotel Budapest on your desk? Absolutely!
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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! With
Bath and library in one
architecture

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