Bibliothèque Alexis de Tocqueville by OMA
A crisscrossing library in France marks the spot for a regional center along a redeveloping riverfront.
By Josephine Minutillo – Books are over,” Rem Koolhaas asserted slyly at the opening of the Bibliothèque Alexis de Tocqueville in Caen, France, on January 13. “That’s what everyone kept saying. Happily, on the contrary, books will probably exist forever.”