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Exterior of a Modernist university campus showing a four-story rectangular building with a facade of alternating bands of windows and green metal panels. The building is topped with a two-story structure covered with a concrete openwork screen. The same screen is repeated in front of a low building to the right of the main structure, and on either side of its porte cochère, on which the words "Faculté de médecine" can be read. The word "Bibliothèque" is stencilled one letter at a time on the top windows. Students are show exiting the building on a paved plaza in front.

Bibliothèque de santé, Université de Strasbourg

The campus of the Strasbourg faculty of medicine signalled the postwar renaissance of a storied institution.
A symmetrical courtyard with a central statue and fountain, surrounded by neatly trimmed trees, leads to a yellow two-story building with arched windows, a clock, and a gabled roof under a partly cloudy sky.

Biblioteca dell’Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio

Thanks to a generous donor, this palace once welcomed the sick and the poor and now hosts a major research library.
A spacious former industrial building interior with high arched ceilings, glass walls, and open walkways. A central staircase leads to upper levels, with workspaces and offices visible on both sides. The area is well-lit and empty.

Bibliothèque UHA La Fonderie, Mulhouse

From heavy industry to a foundry of ideas, this symbol of the "French Manchester" is now a bustling university campus.
A contemporary, multilevel library with curved balconies and tall white columns. Filled bookshelves and colourful seats contrast against the grey and white surroundings. Natural light comes from large windows at the back.

Le Studium, Strasbourg

This undulating shape marks the entrance to a landmark postwar campus.
A modern three-story building with a metal grid facade and wooden walls, featuring large windows and balconies on each floor. The structure is surrounded by other similar buildings and shrubs.

Hochschulbibliothek Aalen

Compact and efficient, this library combines clever design with simple, local materials to minimize its carbon footprint.
Exterior of a modernist brick library.

Lakehead University Library

On an eclectic northern campus, this library was built for growth.
Exterior of a modernist tower surrounded by lower buildings with an arched portico.

Caltech Hall (Millikan Library)

Rising above the campus of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, this library once named for a problematic figure is now dedicated to the college community as a whole.
Interior of a library inside a Renaissance palazzo, showing a long and narrow reading room with work tables lining both walls. Between large vaulted windows, the walls are decorated with frescoes depicting maps.

PLUS Teilbibliotheken Alte Residenz

In the corridors of Salzburg's Alte Residenz, a heavy iron door opens to a world of rediscovered treasures and secret passages.
Interior of a modern university library with rows of wooden shelves surrounded by a mezzanine on which more shelves can be seen. To the left is the blurry figure of a person in motion.

MMLL Library, Cambridge

The Raised Faculty Building at the University of Cambridge's Sidgwick Site offers a glimpse of a modern campus that never was.
Wide-angle exterior shot of a Modernist office block on stilts. A person is walking underneath, next to a sign reading "HEAD Genève".

Bibliothèque HEAD – Genève

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).
Interior of a contemporary library, showing the library's entrance and welcome desk in a large glass atrium. Three floors of bookshelves and worktables can be seen above the service desk. The elevator shaft is decorated with a leaf pattern in green and black.

TalTech Library, Tallinn

The veil that covers this building hides a bustling library at the heart of the Tallinn University of Technology.
Interior of a contemporary library with rows of tables and computer chairs, and a comfy chair at the front.

Bibliothèque Universitaire de Médecine, Lausanne

On a cliff above city roofs, the new medical library in Lausanne provides busy students with room to work and breathe.
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