The Livraria Lello (The Lello Bookstore)
Designed in Portugal by Fransisco Esteves in 1906, art noveau masterpiece features one large, red staircase that splits into two, then rejoins itself at the bottom. This alone is unbelievably ingenious, but the Lello houses many other wonders. Built on neo-Gothic panelling, and fronted with a sculpted white facade, the bookstore is not only a place to delight in literature, but an marvel of architecture. All of this is filled to the brim with books, and topped with a brilliant stained glass ceiling.
For more information and photos of the Lello, check this link here.
Book Machine:
I have no words to describe it Here's the actual description:
A new vending machine has been released which can print any book within minutes.
The Espresso Book Machine has access to 500,000 different books - the same as 23.6 miles of shelf
space - and can even churn out a fresh copy of Crime and Punishment in just nine minutes.
Pages are printed at a rate of over 100 per minute and are then pressed, glued and cut to produce a
pristine book.
Users simply pick the book they would like on a screen and wait for it to be printed … it certainly is
a novel way of getting a new book.
Book Maze:
This is the most amazing thing ever. Made in 2012 for the London Festival, aMazeme is a 500 square meter large maze made entirely from books.
I've heard that the maze was designed after the creator's fingerprint, though I am not sure if this true. Wherever the layout originated, this is a beautifully creative little library. What's more, the 250,000 books used to build this will be donated to raise funds for good causes. For more photos, go here.
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