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This Beautiful Modern Library is for Fans of Shiny Things

LIBRARY PORN

From its curved, ship-like form, to its lively glass hexagonal facings reminiscent of a mosaic—the library plays with light like no other structure in the city.

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Michael Grimm

It’s hard to pinpoint what I saw first as we approached the new Calgary Central Library in Alberta, Canada. Was it the building’s light fracturing hexagonal facade? The Light Rail Transit line disappearing into its heart? Or was it the two drinking

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