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The Bibliotheque Carnegie is Reims rebuilt in miniature, an elegant answer to the devastation of the First World War. With the city's old library destroyed and the front line close for four years, Reims received two hundred thousand dollars from the Carnegie Endowment, the philanthropy of Scottish born American steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, making it one of only three front line cities so honored, alongside Leuven and Belgrade. Designed by architect Max Sainsaulieu and built between 1921 and 1927, the library was inaugurated in 1928. Its vestibule is a jewel box of Art Deco craft, with a wrought iron door, shimmering mosaics, marble, a grand staircase, a great chandelier and stained glass by the noted Reims glassmaker Jacques Simon with Jacques Gruber. The design won a gold medal at the 1925 Paris exhibition that gave Art Deco its name.
Datos clave
- 1928 year — The Art Deco library was inaugurated in the presence of the French president
- 1921 year — Construction of the new library began after the war's devastation
- 200000 US dollars — The Carnegie Endowment's gift that paid for the building
📍 Place Carnegie 2, 51100, Reims