The Daily Beast (Tina Brown's new daily online magazine) has a great tour through new cool libraries. Here are some of the nifftiest.
This is Seattle's new public library. It is beautiful.
Proving that Washington isn't a one town state, this is Ballard Washington's new library. The green room with low water plants is sustainable. There are periscopes inside the library to view the roof and the mountains beyound.
This is a library and bookstore in the Netherlands, built from a converted Dominican Church.