全球最酷的7大圖書館

1. Central Library： Seattle， Washington， United States

中央圖書館：美國華盛頓州西雅圖市

The Central Library in Seattle is sleek， modern and sophisticated and has tourists from around the world paying visits and taking tours. Yes， actual tours.

In its first year， more than 2 million tourists visited the library， which was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and American designer Joshua Ramus. Tours began in 2006， two years after its opening.

The library was voted onto the American Institute of Architects 150 favorite structures in the United States.

The library holds various art exhibitions， book signings and other events throughout the year， while visitors can stop by the Chocolati cart for a coffee and browse through the gift shop anytime.

西雅圖的中央圖書館時尚現代而且精致，吸引了來自世界各地的游客前往旅游觀光。沒錯，真正的觀光。

這座圖書館建成的第一年，就迎接了超過200萬游客前往參觀。圖書館的設計者是荷蘭建筑師雷姆·庫哈斯和美國設計師喬舒亞·拉莫斯。在2006年，也就是圖書館開放兩年后，開始正式接受游客參觀。

在美國建筑師學會票選出的美國人最喜愛的150座建筑中，這座圖書館榜上有名。

中央圖書館一年到頭舉辦各類藝術展、圖書簽售會等活動，不論何時，游客都可以在巧克拉蒂咖啡吧里停下來喝杯咖啡，瀏覽一下禮品店。

2. Geisel Library， University of California： San Diego， United States

加州大學蓋澤爾圖書館：美國圣地亞哥

At first glance， it looks like a spaceship.

Architect William Pereira， who helped design actual space launch facilities at Cape Canaveral in Houston， Texas， designed the library in 1970. It has been featured in sci-fi films， short stories and novels.

If you need a hint of which film， think of Leonardo Dicaprio， dreams and a lot of snow.

Yes， the snow fortress in the film “Inception” looks a lot like the Geisel Library.

But of course， its not just the exterior thats interesting. The library also hosts “Dinner in the Library，” which invites readers for cocktails， a silent auction and also a special speech from prominent authors.

第一眼看上去，這座圖書館好像一艘宇宙飛船。

這座圖書館是建筑師威廉姆·佩雷拉在1970年設計的，他曾協助設計位于德克薩斯州休斯敦市卡納維拉爾角的空間發射站。這座圖書館在許多科幻電影、短篇故事和小說里出現過。

如果你想知道是哪部電影，提示是萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧、夢和很多雪花。

沒錯，《盜夢空間》里雪地里的堡壘那個場景，看起來就很像是蓋澤爾圖書館。

當然這座圖書館并不止是外表有趣。它還舉辦“圖書館晚宴”，邀請讀者來喝雞尾酒，同時還有一場無聲拍賣會和杰出作家的特別演講。

3. Trinity College Library： Dublin， Ireland

圣三一學院圖書館：愛爾蘭都柏林

The Trinity College Library in Dublin is the oldest library in Ireland， founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth Ⅰ.

Not only is the exterior impressive， it boasts the largest single chamber library in the world， also known as the Long Room， which contains more than 200，000 of the librarys oldest books.

The Long Room houses one of the oldest harps in Ireland. Dating to the 15th century， the oak harp is the model for the emblem of Ireland.

位于都柏林的圣三一學院圖書館是愛爾蘭最古老的圖書館，由伊麗莎白一世女王主持建立于1592年。

圖書館不僅是外形讓人印象深刻，它還擁有世界上最大的單室圖書館，也被稱為“長廳”，收藏了20萬本該圖書館最古老的書籍。……