Viana do Castelo Municipal Library is located along the right bank of the river Lima. It integrates the plan designed by Fernando Távora for the city’s waterfront.

The library takes the name of one of the heteronyms of the poet Fernando Pessoa.
It was build over an ancient prison. Only the façade of the prison was kept.

Tallaght Library is a purpose-built central library for South Dublin County, serving an urban population of 80,000.

Located behind the Square Shopping Centre opposite the Civic Theatre, it originally opened in December 1994.

The newly extended and renovated County Library re-opened to the public on the April 23 2008. One of the largest public libraries in the country, the County Library will, along with the County Arts Centre and the Civic Theatre, create a vibrant cultural quarter in the Town Centre of Tallaght.

The “Black Diamond” is a characteristic new library building at the waterfront of Copenhagen. The building from 1999 is designed by the Danish architects Schmidt, Hammer and Lassen as an extension of The Royal Library and lies adjacent to the old library cathedral of Hans J. Holm from 1906. However, in form and materials it strikingly contrasts the old library building.

The new public library building in Kolding was opened in 2006. It is situated close to the city center with a unique view to the lake by the former castle Koldinghus. The building also contains a hotel and private apartments. A café connects the library and the hotel.