9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library / Belém Lima Architects

9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library / Belém Lima Architects - Facade9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library / Belém Lima Architects - Windows, Door, Facade9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library / Belém Lima Architects - Image 4 of 199861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library / Belém Lima Architects - Brick, Facade9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library / Belém Lima Architects - More Images+ 14

Text description provided by the architects. In this building, the Municipal Library and the Literary Guild coexist independently.

9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library / Belém Lima Architects - Windows
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

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

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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 / Belém Lima Architects - Shelving, Chair
© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

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Address:Vila Real, Portugal

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Cite: "9861BBVR Dr Júlio Teixeira Municipal Library / Belém Lima Architects" 11 Sep 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/167243/dr-julio-teixeira-municipal-library-belem-lima-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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