Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Egypt
Location: El Shatby, Alexandria, Egypt
Date: 1998
Architect: Snohetta/Hamza Consortium
Purpose: Library
More info: The New Library of Alexandria is dedicated to recapture the spirit of openness and scholarship of the original Bibliotheca Alexandrina. It is much more than a library. It contains: three Museums, a planetarium, seven academic research centers, nine permanent exhibitions, hosts many institutions and you can find many other things in there. This vast complex is receiving more than 800,000 visitors a year.

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Image credits: Gérard Ducher

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