The library at Wirtschaftsuniversität Vienna (WU) listed by @lonelyplanet as one of Europe’s most beautiful libraries. . Stunning photo #reposted from @jeroenvandam . . . With 26,000 students, researchers and staff, WU is the EU’s largest academic institution for business, economics and social sciences. The library opened in 2013 as the university’s primary gathering space and place of study. . The library received a 2014 @RIBA European Award and was also shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award. . “The library at WU offers within its vast interior a series of stunning, day-lit circulation spaces and attractive working areas that provide an effective social and cultural heart to the university,” explained the RIBA. “The spatial delights of the interior include the outstandingly beautiful, almost polished, finish of the clearly expressed, fair-faced, in-situ concrete structure... the popularity of the library with students and other users as a place for study is clearly evident.” . #wien #vienna #architecture #zahahadid #zahahadidarchitects