Historicism

Interior of a Beaux-Arts library building, showing a large mural depicting the bust of a man holding allegories of scientific achievements.

Detroit Public Library

Cass Gilbert's Beaux-Arts masterpiece was a key element of Detroit's City Beautiful aspirations.
Interior of a Neogothic library reading room, showing a high rib vaulted ceiling and fan windows. Large chandeliers hang from the ceiling. The room is filled with long work tables, on which a few students are seated.

Library of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics BME-OMIKK

The grand reading room of the BME-OMIKK library in Budapest mixes medieval structural knowledge and 19th century engineering in a cathedral of knowledge.