Self-proclaimed “Instagram purist” Olivier Martel Savoie (@une_olive) has created #olive_libraries, a series of Instagram photographs portraying libraries around the world, using only the camera on his iPhone. Over the past two years, Savoie has traveled from his home city of Montréal, to Berlin, Amsterdam, Budapest, Rome, Riga, Paris, Moscow, and several other cities photographing the stunning architecture of libraries. Encountering language barriers and even intense security, Savoie’s dedication to taking the perfect photo has resulted in a stunning collection of images.

Experience the beauty of libraries around the world, after the break.

National Library and Archives of Québec, Montréal. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

National Library of Russia, St Petersburg. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Latvia National Library, Riga. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Center Library, Berlin. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Alcatraz Library, San Francisco,jpg. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Klementinum Library, Prague. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Maison de la littérature Library, Québec. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

BME OMIKK Library, Budapest. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

DTU Ballerup Library, Denmark. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Freie Universität Library, Berlin. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Stockholm Public Library. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Richelieu-Louvois Library, Paris. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library, Budapest. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Malmö City Library. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library, Budapest. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Angelica Library, Rome. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Kungliga Library, Stockholm. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Boston Public Library. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

Stuttgart Library. Image © Olivier Martel Savoie, @une_olive

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Denmark-based Studio LOKAL has won the competition for the design of a residential tower in Copenhagen, with The Hanging Gardens, its proposal for a merger of the historic brick buildings of Carlsberg with the concept of a personal garden for each resident. 

Located on the site of a former vegetable market, the proposal aims to return to these homegrown roots by encouraging residents to grow their own produce in one of the tower’s gardens. Furthermore, the ground floor of the building will house a farmers market where residents can trade their own produce.

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In addition to functioning agriculturally, the gardens throughout the project will handle rainwater, increase biodiversity, and serve as visual stimulation.

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To improve the project’s sustainability factor, materials for the building will be sourced locally, and have been tested for compatibility with the local climate and surroundings.

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The utilization of contextual shapes in new combinations gave the building a series of architectural benefits for the residents. As an example, the layout of the facade generates more than 200 balconies, without compromising the daylight intake of the apartments. The geometry furthermore shields the users from wind nuisance, while enhancing the acoustic environment of the balconies. Lastly the balconies are designed to give the highest amount of comfort, in respect to daylight and privacy – described the architects. 

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Construction on the project is set to begin in April of 2017.

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• Architects: Arte Charpentier Architectes
• Location: Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 1, 93290 Tremblay-en-France, France
• Area: 25000.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2015
• Photographs: Christophe Valtin

• Design Department Structure: Conception service consulting
• Design Department Fluids: CTH
• Facades Specialist: Façade 2000
• Kitchen Specialist: PHI2 ingénierie
• Economist: Simonneau Sarl
• Lights Specialist: Gilles Richard
• Construction Company: Eiffage Construction Val de Seine
• Interior Spaces Decoration: Ibis: Agence Blanchet d’Istria, Pullman: Christophe Pillet
• Hotel Ibis Styles: 8469 sqm floor area, 10 levels, 308 rooms of 17 m2
• Hotel Pullman: 16486 sqm floor area, 10 levels, 294 rooms of 26 m², 10 suites of about 40 m2, 1 suite of 60 m² 1 restaurant of 116 spots on 250 m2 with a terrace, 1 lobby bar, 1 wellness center of 500 m², 1 600 m2 of business space including 13 modular rooms, 4 102 m² terrain, with 2 955 m² built and 1 147 m² of free space

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From the architect. Winner of a March 2011 competition hosted by the Paris Airports, on a 4 102 m² space, Arte Charpentier Architectes has designed two distinct hotels for the Accor group: a building housing an ibis Styles (308 rooms) hotel and a building for the prestigious Pullman (305 rooms) chain.

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In front of the «Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle 1» RER A exit, they have been drawn in the same motion and offer an innovative architectural design. The two buildings’ facades have been treated in the same way:

– The color and materials have been picked for their brightness

– Silk-screened glass partially covers the glassing, drawing an aesthetic and modern checker board pattern. An optical illusion is thus created along the buildings’ frames.

– Thousands of LEDs create lines along the facades; they light the buildings up day and night.

The interspace between the hotels makes a friendly court partially protected by glass shaped petal flowers, real catalyst of the urban life.

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Data volumes are subtly fragmented to break with the extremely dense nature of a program of this magnitude. The fluidity of the structure’s lines and curves also participate to that goal of lightening the frame. As a part of the project the firm also designed the landscapes, from gardening to soil treatment and public spaces.

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Plan 1

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The hotels create a strong visual impact, making this project a real «urban door». They help visitors orientate themselves while renewing Roissypole’s image.

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• Architects: depA , Margarida Leitão
• Location: Porto, Portugal
• Area: 400.0 sqm
• Project Year: 2016
• Photographs: José Campos

• Consultants: Edgar Brito, Alexandra Vicente

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From the architect. Casa do Rosário had almost everything.

A comfortable scale , an appealing compositional structure and a captivating atmosphere. The big challenge was to keep its domestic spirit, refraining from a big design or a deep intervention.

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© José Campos

Located on Porto’s Arts District, one of the most central and dynamic locations in the city, the building, once inhabited by a single family was divided over time and came to accommodate multiple families on the three floors of the 307, Rosario Street. Like many other buildings in Porto, this one became an assemblage of homes.

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Today the house mirrors the diversity found in Porto’s contemporary cosmopolitanism, gathering under its roof a family that has been in the building for 63 years, and two architects who have fallen in love for the city.

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© José Campos

The house was divided in five studios set on a 19th century building, designed so that both families or groups of friends can be accommodated comfortably in a creative and familiar environment.

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