在几个有建筑瑰宝的城市之中,温哥华图书馆广场是温哥华的几个闪闪发光的宝石之一——全世界都注意到了这一点。
温哥华这个斗兽场风格的建筑是由世界著名建筑师Moshe Safdie设计的。它将新旧结合,是加拿大唯一一个被评为世界上最美丽图书馆之一的图书馆。
Travel + Leisure将温哥华图书馆评为全示20个最美的图书馆之一:
建筑师Moshe Safdie的创作就像是一个现代的罗马竞技场。您可以通过一个巨大的包含了商店和咖啡馆的天窗广场进入作为城市焦点的中央图书馆。图书馆的内桥可以连接到读书学习区域的外墙。目前正在计划回收两个建筑的顶层,以扩大屋顶花园,并使其向公众开放。一周开放七天。
20家全世界最美的图书馆:
1. George Peabody Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
2. The Royal Library Copenhagen, Denmark
3. Clementinum, Prague
4. Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro
5. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
6. Central Library of Vancouver, Canada
7. Musashino Art University Museum and Library, Tokyo
7. New York Public Library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building)
9. Marciana Library, Venice
10. Trinity College Old Library, Dublin
11. Stuttgart City Library, Germany
12. Library of Birmingham, England
13. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
14. Coimbra Library, University of Coimbra–Alta and Sofia, Portugal
15. Bodleian Library, Oxford University, England
16. Seattle Public Library’s Central Library
17. Connemara Public Library, Chennai, India
18. Austrian National Library, Vienna
19. Mortlock Wing State Library, Adelaide, Australia
20. Beitou Branch of the Taipei Public Library, Taiwan