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9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library

9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

9861BBVR DR JÚLIO TEIXEIRA MUNICIPAL LIBRARY

Belém Lima Architects

LOCATION
Portugal

CATGORY
Library

ARCHITECTS
Belém Lima Architects

AREA
2911.0 m²

YEAR
2006

Text description provided by architect.

In this building, the Municipal Library and the Literary Guild coexist independently.

9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

The vertical volume above the foyer and the sloped entrance tunnel create an urban image, the trait of the building.

The interiors are easy to read. From an intense white foyer, the children go downstairs and the adults, upstairs. The reading rooms are rectangles, as warehouses for neatly archived books.

9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG


9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG


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9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library

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