Philological Library

The Philological Library (Philologische Bibliothek) is the newest component of the "Rust and Silver Lodges" complex in the main campus of the Freie Universität Berlin. It was designed by internationally known architect Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank in the shape of a human brain, and opened in 2005. The library merges the separate smaller libraries of the departments and institutes of humanities and now contains: General and Comparative literatureByzantine/ Modern Greek studiesEnglish studiesGerman studiesComparative and Indo-European LinguisticsClassicsDutch Linguistics and LiteratureIndian Linguistics and Literature/ South Asian StudiesLatin American StudiesMedieval Latin Language and LiteraturePhilosophy (since 2007)Romance studiesSlavic studiesIt has become the centerpiece of the university's Dahlem campus and a Berlin architectural landmark.