A thread of my favorite libraries. Up first, the Library of the Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum in Osaka, Japan. Designed by Tadao Ando in 2000. buff.ly/32f2VM9 
The "Library-Dining Room" in Sir John Soane's Museum, a house museum in the former townhouse of John Soane, a 18th-19th century English Neo-Classical architect. reddit.com/r/RoomPorn/com…
The Old Main Library Hall in Cincinnati. cdm16998.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collec…
The University of Michigan Law Library Reading Room. eustischair.com/installations/…
The Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Vasconcelos Library in English, in Mexico City. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotec…
The Joe and Rika Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_and_R…
The George Peabody Library at The John Hopkins University, my graduate alma mater. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pe…
The study of David Belasco, taken around 1909. collections.mcny.org/Collection/Res…
The library with the most memories for me will always be UGL or the Undergraduate Library at @Illinois_Alma. The library was dug 3 stories into the ground. library.illinois.edu/ugl/history/ab… A couple of words about it. 1/4
Everyone thinks it was dug out of the ground so as to not disturb the Morrow Plots, oldest continually used experimental agricultural fields in the US. Rather, it was built into the ground to "maintain the open appearance of the [campus]." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus_of… 2/4
In the mid 1960s, the designers of UGL added "additional telephone and electric conduits 'for eventual use in a computerized on-line circulation system.'" Illinois has a storied history in computing that isn't well appreciated . But that's for another time. 3/4
UGL isn't the most beautiful library, but it will always be a favorite for the memories. 4/4
The Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building Main Reading Room loc.gov/item/event-393….
Judi and Howard Sadowsky's home in Los Angeles, renovated by Griffin Enright Architects, in collaboration with architect Elyse Grinstein: architecturaldigest.com/gallery/enrigh…
A personal residence in Paris. If you're feeling it, you can rent this space for a couple of nights: plumguide.com/homes/14930/re…
When I lived in Chicago, I used to read in the Atrium at the Harold Washington Library. In the late 2000s, I was here as the snow began to fall. I can still remember the beauty of the scene.
To end tonight, here is my reading nook. More soon.
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