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Novel Libraries That Encourage Borrowing

01 Kansas City Library

Kansas City, Missouri

Along the south wall of this parking garage’s exterior, visitors are treated to what looks like a huge shelf of books. The building originally served as a bank, which is readily apparent when the library has screenings in its Vault Theater, inside an actual 1925 bank vault.

02 Biblioteca Vasconcelos

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