Gunnar Asplund designed the Stockholm Stadsbibliotek, which was completed in 1928. Asplund expanded modern concepts of information sharing as he displayed all the books equally in a rotunda and opened the shelves for convenience of the visitor. The library derives from Thomas Jefferson’s celebration of the library as a sacred place, but fills the space with natural light.
Heike Hanada won a competition in 2007 for an expansion to the library, a glass building across the back reflecting pond.
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