UN Headquarters

Hammarskjöld Library at United Nations Headquarters

1 June 1969

The Library at United Nations Headquarters, financed by a gift from the Ford Foundation, is built of white marble, glass and aluminum. The building consists of six stories and a penthouse, three of the floors lying above the ground and three below.
A view of a portion of the glass wall of the Library reflecting the facade of the UN Secretariat building.

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