Dome

Interior, glass-covered passage links the crescent with the main buildings; spiral staircase on an upper walkway; In the 1990s a selection procedure chose a design by architects Marek Budzyński and Zbigniew Badowski, and the new library building was opened on 15 December 1999. It is six-storey (with two levels underground). The building includes a botanical garden (opened 2002), located on the roof. The garden designed by landscape architect Irena Bajerska, has an area of one hectare, and is one of the largest roof gardens in Europe. It is freely accessible to the public. The main facade on the Dobra Street side contains large blocks of classical texts in various scripts, including the Old Polish text of Jan Kochanowski, Classical Greek text by Plato and Hebrew script from the Book of Ezekiel. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/2/2014)