Libraries - Wolfsburg Municipal Library

Time: 1962

Place: Wolfsburg, Germany

Details: Modernist architects like Alvar Aalto put great emphasis on the comfort and usability of library spaces. The Municipal Library he built 1958–62 for the German city of Wolfsburg features a great central room for which he used a series of specially designed skylights to bring in natural light, even though all the walls are covered with books.

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