No, you are.
Sssh, etc.
DCU [Dublin City University] Library today.
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Spotted on the noticeboard of Waterford Central Library this morning
Waterford Local Radio via (H/T) Maidchí
Conor Cooke writes:
“I missed most of the debate about this library [centre] due mainly to disinterest but Christ it is ugly and out of place…”
FIGHT!
Previously: A ‘Monstrosity’
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Behold the glory of the Real Gabinete Português de Leitura (Royal Portuguese Reading Room) in Rio de Janerio, built between 1880 and 1887 by architect Rafael da Silva e Castro, it contains the largest (350,000 volumes) and most valuable collection of Potuguese books outside Portugal.
The limestone facade was carved in Lisbon and transported to Brazil. The interior is a Neo-Manueline extravaganza of ornate pillars, arches and bookcases stretching up to the ceiling.
(Pix: Ruy Barbosa Pinto)
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From Libraries: a new coffee-table tome featuring 44 of the world’s most lavishly appointed, architecturally impressive and beautiful libraries, among them Trinity College Library and The National Library of Ireland (bottom two pix).
Above (from top): Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Centre, Humboldt University Berlin, LiYuan Library, Beijing, The Black Diamond, Royal Library of Copenhagen, Denmark and Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
(H/T: Spaghetti Hoop)
[Dún Laoghaire’s new library and cultural centre under construction]
The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Ratepayers’ Association held a meeting this week and the matter of the town’s new library was raised, with some describing it as a ‘monstrosity’.
The Irish Times reports:
“The new Central Library and Culture Centre is due to open in the autumn, at an estimated cost of €36.6 million. It will have rooms for local art and community groups as well as a 100-seat auditorium, cafe, reading and public internet area, a gallery and a local history room. The crowd of more than 100 cheered and clapped when a woman suggested €2 million would be “worth spending” to demolish the new building.”
Jaykers.
Anyone?
New €36.6m Dún Laoghaire library building criticised as ‘monstrosity’ (Irish Times)
Pic: Ossian Smyth
