The Alte Bibliothek on Bebelplatz in Berlin was ordered by Frederick the Great as the Royal Prussian Library. Georg Christian Unger and Georg Friedrich Boumann designed it, using older plans by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach for the St. Michael's Wing of the Vienna Hofburg. It was built from 1774 to 1780. The article states the style as Baroque and names no materials or dimensions.
Berliners nicknamed it the Kommode, or commode. It was the first freestanding library building in Berlin. It is a listed building on Bebelplatz in the historic center.
Allied bombing damaged it in World War II. It was rebuilt from 1963 to 1969 as part of the Forum Fridericianum. Since the rebuilding it has housed the law faculty of Humboldt University. The article gives no hours or public access.
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