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Black Diamond: Exterior · Den Sorte Diamant ("the black diamond") of the Royal Danish Library (Copenhagen Slotsholmen)
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Black Diamond: Exterior · The Black Diamond (Royal Library), Copenhagen, Denmark
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Black Diamond: Exterior · Royal Library, Denmark
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Black Diamond: Exterior · The Black Diamond , Copenhagen
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Black Diamond: Interior
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Black Diamond: Interior · The Black Diamond - Copenhagen, Denmark
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Photo 1: Exterior · Den Sorte Diamant ("the black diamond") of the Royal Danish Library (Copenhagen Slotsholmen)Photo 2: Exterior · The Black Diamond (Royal Library), Copenhagen, DenmarkPhoto 3: Exterior · Royal Library, DenmarkPhoto 4: Exterior · The Black Diamond , CopenhagenPhoto 5: InteriorPhoto 6: Interior · The Black Diamond - Copenhagen, Denmark

Library · Contemporary

Black Diamond

Schmidt Hammer Lassen · Copenhagen, Denmark · 1999

Key featuresBlack granite block leaning over the harbour, split by a glazed atrium and bridged to the old library.

Architect
Schmidt Hammer Lassen
Place
Copenhagen, Denmark
Year
1999
Typology
Library
Movement
Contemporary
Region
Europe
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