Gerhard Plank

A spacious library with long wooden tables and chairs arranged in rows, tall bookshelves filled with books on two levels, large windows letting in natural light, and two levels of mezzanines with ornate railings. There is a spiral staircase at the back.

Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Tirol

Completed on the eve of the First World War, the university library of Innsbruck first served as a military hospital before it could open.

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