Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève

Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève

Year

1851

Type

building

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A landmark in modern architecture, the first major public building in Paris to use exposed iron structurally and expressively. The austere stone exterior, inscribed with 810 authors' names, gives little hint of the revolutionary interior: a …

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