Linking to the library's photography gallery on the east side and the main library on the south side, it is hoped the terrace will also be a venue for events, expected to be used by the adjoining Rep Theatre among others.

BBC: Library of Birmingham seeks gardeners for new terraces

The owner, steel magnate Leroy Schecter, is combining the units into one large apartment that will have five bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a library, a gallery area and access to some of the best building amenities in the city ( 15 CPW is famous for them).

FORBES: $100 Million Homes: In The Stratosphere Of Real Estate, Logic Breaks Down

The exhibition will be displayed in Hengwrt gallery of the National Library in Aberystwyth until the 9 January 2016, and will feature a programme of lectures organised to coincide with the exhibition.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO - Celebrations across the UK of Hooke��s contributions to the Natural Sciences of Microscopy

The "gallery, " which he plans to transform into a dramatic library worthy of the Chateau de Groussay, currently houses a television and a treadmill, while a Nancy Lorenz screen hides "not great" built-in bookshelves.

WSJ: Going Modern, Staying Grand