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  submitted its competition-winning proposal for a Barcelona library in 2015, the architects dubbed the project “The Enchanted Forest.” It was pure serendipity that the resulting building, which opened in May 2022, was later named after the founding father of magical realism, Gabriel García Márquez. Like the literary genre, the library’s design balances pragmatism and whimsy — making it a.

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