Have you ever thought about spending the whole day in the library? Let's take a closer look at some special libraries around the world!
Stuttgart City Library | Opened in October 2011, this nine-floor library is in Stuttgart, Germany. Korean designer(设计师)Eun Young Yi planned the building. It's an all-white library. Visitors can not only get in from any of its four sides, but also go up to its top freely. Here visitors can borrow works of art as well as books. |
Biblioteca Sandro Penna ____ | Built in 2004, this three-floor library is in Perugia, Italy. Although Italy is famous for its traditional buildings, the design of this library is quite modern. Architect Italo Rota designed it to look like a flying disc. Its rose-colored glass walls and disc shape let light in by day. |
Beach Library | Reading on the beach is a treat. And a free library in Albena, Bulgaria, invites readers to do so. So every visitor can not only enjoy the perfect beach read, but also enjoy the sea bath, sand bath and sun bath. The library is first of its kind in Europe and has over 6,000 books in 15languages. |
The Kenyan Camel Library | Have you ever seen a library on four legs? Here is an example. Opened in 1996, this library is in the northeast of Kenya. It has 9 camels that work in 3 groups and serves 3,500 members. Members can borrow 2 books at one time. And they have 14 days until the library returns to the same place again. Then they can renew their books or return and get new ones. The library travels four days a week. |