1850 – Ste-Genevieve Library, Paris, France
Architect: Henri Labrouste
Designed in 1839, and opened in 1851, the library was intended to contain the treasures of a nearby cloister. Like the Old Library in Trinity College Dublin, the library has a two-story reading room on the upper level over a lower level entrance. The reading room has cast iron columns and ornamental trusses supporting a decorative painted vaulted ceiling. It was here that the general uprising of 1968 started with a student protest. The architect was to later design the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
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Published November 25, 2009 | Last Updated January 13, 2026
