Location: El Shtaby, Egypt
Date: 1998
Architect: Snohetta/Hamza Consortium
Purpose: library
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More info: The New Library of Alexandria 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.
(Image credits: 1: Bibliotheca Alexandrina 2: decafinata, 3,4 : Travel Aficionado, 5: axel_anden)
