Our overture to the vast collections of the Loeb Music Library is the Loeb Spalding Room: a beautiful study space open to all patrons of the library on its second floor. At midday, the sun shines ...

Beyond the main library within the City College of New York’s Rafael Viñoly Architects–designed Spitzer School of Architecture building, a cobbled-together space composed of a former storage area and ...

The “book train” in the Rose Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Hyperallergic stopped by the NYPL’s main branch for a preview of the reading ...

In an effort to modernize the Free Library of Philadelphia’s main building into a more accessible public destination, architect Moshe Safdie envisioned a design to nearly double the amount of space ...