Pews have given way to bookshelves in this former Presbyterian church in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.
Swiss industrial history, morally dubious wartime economics, a revolutionary sewing machine and a prime example of Modernism all converge in the new location of the library for the Geneva school of art and design (HEAD).
The hospital where Vincent Van Gogh was treated in Arles is now a cultural centre with a library occupying a surprising space.
In 1920, when Louis Roth took over his father Leonhard's business in Liestal near Basel, Switzerland, he took advantage of
A former print shop in Clerkenwell is now used as the archives of the Corporation of London.
The 18th century presbytery of Beaumont was once a grander building serving as a schoolhouse before being reconstructed as it first stood.
Spanning four centuries of learning inside a former 19th century chapel, the library of the Québec Seminary is the keeper of a rich encyclopedic collection as old as the city itself.
At the heart of a bustling transit hub, the early modern Oerlikon post office now serves as a location for the Zürich public library.
Among the first examples of Beaux-Arts architecture in Canada, the former Notre-Dame Congregation chapel in Montréal is now the Dawson college library.
Long hidden behind drab ceiling tiles, the unveiling of the former chapel at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montréal in 2004 also marked the renaissance of one of the oldest libraries on the continent.
This former hospice for the elderly witnessed the early years of artificial intelligence research before welcoming the library of a brand new university.
From instrument of colonialism to citadel of knowledge, this massive library in the heart of Mexico City is a joyful labyrinth where to get lost in a good book.