Sainte-Geneviève Library,(Paris, France); 1838-50; Industrialization
Bibliotheque Sainte Genvieve is a public and university library in Paris.This is the first time of the library that not change to palace, school or apart of chapel. The building is designed by Henri Labrouste . The library must be built on a narrow strip of land 85 meters long and 21 wide, located on the top of the Sainte-Geneviève Mountain, overlooking the Pantheon. The construction has spent eight years, the new library being opened in 1851. It leaves the neoclassical style in vogue at the time for large public buildings, for a much more sober and sleek style. It can be defined as neo-Gothic Style. The library is organize by two rows of cast iron arches. The arches are a part of decoration of the library. The building load support by thin black iron columns. Gallery space is located in the top part of the bookcases. On the facade, no element protrudes and a single and modest door is in the center. The architecture of this one is entered in the masonry of the buil...