Ghent University – Book Tower (Boekentoren)

East Flanders, Ghent · Belgium

Ghent University – Book Tower (Boekentoren), Belgium
Photo: Pieter Morlion, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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A slender modernist book tower designed by Henry van de Velde in the 1930s, rising above the city as a stack of library floors. Its rooftop belvedere offers wide views across the Flemish rooftops.

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