| Architect |
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects |
| Date Built |
Completed
1999 |
| Location |
Copenhagen
Inner Harbour |
| Description |
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Copenhagen's
Royal Library dates back to 1648 but 351
years later this dramatic modern extension
was added to the old building. The
Danish Architecture Centre website
describes it as, " ... one of the
most significant architectural
landmarks on the Copenhagen
waterfront. Clad in black
granite, the extension to the Royal
Library is known as The Black Diamond.
... .... the building includes scientific and literary institutions, exhibition rooms, a bookshop, a café and a restaurant, as well as a roof terrace and a hall with 600 seats for concerts, theatrical performances and conferences. The extension has doubled the library’s overall size." Viewed from the other side of the harbour you can see that the 7-storey high black cube is in fact divided into two by an atrium.  The atrium contains the escalators which take visitors up to the bridge that crosses Christians Brygge providing access to the old library.    |
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The Royal
Library, Copenhagen, Denmark
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