File:NATIONAL LIBRARY OF BELARUS - MINSK.jpg

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Description	This is the National Library of Belarus in Minsk, Belarus. Completed in 2006. The building has the shape of a rhombicuboctahedron and was designed by architects Mihail Vinogradov and Viktor Kramarenko. There is no Freedom of Panorama in Belarus.
Source	Originally on Wikimedia Commons, moved here as Fair Use - see Commons:File:NATIONAL_LIBRARY_OF_BELARUS_-_MINSK.jpg
Date	Original work: Building completed and opened in 2006 Depiction: 07/17/2008
Author	Original work: Architects Mihail Vinogradov and Viktor Kramarenko Depiction: Photo taken by User:KLOTZ
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Definition of architecture or building (under 17 U.S. Code, Sec. 101)

Humanly habitable structures that are intended to be both permanent and stationary, such as houses and office buildings, and other permanent and stationary structures designed for human occupancy, including but not limited to churches, museums, gazebos, and garden pavilions. (CFR 202.11(b)(2))

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