Library for University of Guyana in Cayenne, French Guinea (rh+ architecture: 2013) As if working off the metaphor of libraries as places of illumination, this new structure plays with sunlight and shade with a double facade. An outer lattice of timber slats creates horizontal lines of light which then pass through a wall filled with irregular windows, a feature recalling Corbusier’s chapel of Notre Dame du Haut. Photo 2 of 10 in Impressive New University Buildings by Patrick Sisson

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Library for University of Guyana in Cayenne, French Guinea (rh+ architecture: 2013)

As if working off the metaphor of libraries as places of illumination, this new structure plays with sunlight and shade with a double facade. An outer lattice of timber slats creates horizontal lines of light which then pass through a wall filled with irregular windows, a feature recalling Corbusier’s chapel of Notre Dame du Haut.