全球最美的25家公立图书馆

(the 25 most beautiful public libraries in the world)

继选出全球最美的20家书店之后，美国娱乐网站Flavorwire.com又选出全球最美的25家公立图书馆。网站先前已选出全球最美的大学图书馆与私人图书馆。这次入选的公立图书馆，美国占了三家，分别是洛杉矶中央图书馆、纽约市立图书馆与西雅图中央图书馆，日本、英国、荷兰、法国各有两家入选。

亚洲一共有5家公立图书馆榜上有名，除了日本两家之外，还有印度清奈中央图书馆、泰国曼谷民武里（Min Buri）老市集图书馆与台北市立图书馆北投分馆。台北市立图书馆北投分馆，被Flavorwire.com选为全球最美的25家公立图书馆，设计师张清华听闻后，开心说“真是台湾之光”。

We’re suckers for beautiful libraries here at Flavorpill, as you might have noticed from our lists of beautiful college libraries and beautiful private libraries from all over the world. But public libraries are probably even more important to the culture at large than either of these — they’re places where anyone can enter and partake of knowledge they offer, where anyone can engage with history, literature and culture. And while we know it’s the books that are important, everyone likes to read in a beautiful space, so we decided to take a look at the most beautiful public libraries in the world. We excluded some very beautiful libraries that may be open to the public as museums or tourist attractions but with limited function as actual libraries, like the Vatican library (which to use, you must prove your qualifications and research needs) and the library of Dutch Parliament, but we think there are enough public libraries proper to make up for their loss. Click through to see our choices for the twenty five most beautiful public libraries in the world, and let us know if we’ve missed your favorite in the comments.

Vennesla Library and Culture House, designed by Helen & Hard, Vennesla, Norway

Central Public Library, Vancouver, Canada

Kanazawa Umimirai Library, Kanazawa City, Japan

Bristol Central Library, Bristol, UK

The Royal Danish Library (the Black Diamond), designed by Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Peckham Library, designed by William Alsop and Jan Störmer, South London

Stuttgart City Library, Stuttgart, Germany

Central Library, designed by Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus of OMA/LMN, Seattle

Sendai Mediatheque, designed by Toyo Ito, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Angelica Library, Rome, Italy

National Library, Belarus

Library of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt

Rijksmuseum Research Library, Amsterdam

National Library, Site Richelieu, Paris, France

New York Public Library, New York City

Villanueva Public Library, Villanueva, Colombia

Royal Portuguese Reading Room, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Media Library and Cultural Centre, designed by Barbotin + Gresham Architects, Lisses, France

Connemara Public Library Chennai, Chennai, India

The Los Angeles Central Library in Los Angeles, California

José Vasconcelos Library in México City, Mexico

Stockholm Public Library

Amsterdam Public Library

Old Market Library, Min Buri, Bangkok

Taipei Public Library, Beitou Branch

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