Pews have given way to bookshelves in this former Presbyterian church in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.
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
This award-winning library combines contemporary design with a colourful reference to local industrial heritage.
The reorganization of the London boroughs robbed this library of its ambition as a cultural centre but gifted inhabitants of the nearby housing estates with a spacious library.
The 18th century presbytery of Beaumont was once a grander building serving as a schoolhouse before being reconstructed as it first stood.
At the heart of a bustling transit hub, the early modern Oerlikon post office now serves as a location for the Zürich public library.
Cass Gilbert's Beaux-Arts masterpiece was a key element of Detroit's City Beautiful aspirations.
Halifax's living room is a beloved community asset and a striking symbol for a city punching above its weight.
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.
This library near Marseilles is the face of urban renewal for a neighbourhood once blighted by rapid growth and destructive politics.
A former multiplex cinema in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, now serves as library branch and central technical processing for the Halifax Public Libraries.