academic libraries
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Church of St Peter-In-The-East (St Edmund Hall Library)
Oxford, England
This 12th-century church is now the library for St Edmund Hall. It is surrounded by an ancient churchyard with grand old trees.
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Radcliffe Camera
Oxford, England
Completed in 1749, this lovely round building in the center of Oxford was designed by James Gibbs to house the Radcliffe Science Library.
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University of Virginia Rotunda
Charlottesville, Virginia
Inspired by the Pantheon in Rome, the Rotunda was designed by Thomas Jefferson to house the library of the University of Virginia.