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Europe's Most Innovative Library Has a Botanical Garden on the Roof

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Warsaw University Library has been a long-standing symbol of the city's fight for knowledge.

Since its founding in 1816 , it’s survived both World Wars , the November Uprising in 1830 , and communism.

The building is fabricated from glass and steel, a minimalist construction, designed to make the most of light on short winter days .

In 2002 , Poland 's Minister of Infrastructure bestowed the library with an award for its.

Warsaw University Library's rooftop garden is the largest rooftop garden in Poland .

Designed by the late agricultural architect Irena Bajerska , it features four distinct gardens, with color-coded plants in gold (forsythias), silver (shrub cinquefoil, silver-leaved willows), carmine (red-leaf barberry), and blue (clematis Cassandra ).

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78

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76

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53

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semi-formal

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English

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55

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long-living

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