MVRDV Completes Tianjin Binhai Library

MVRDV Completes Tianjin Binhai Library

Dutch practice MVRDV has completed the Tianjin Binhai Library, a 33,700m2 cultural centre featuring a luminous spherical auditorium around which floor-to-ceiling bookcases cascade. The undulating bookshelf is ...
Microlibrary Bima by SHAU, Indonesia

Indonesian Library Built From 2,000 Ice Cream Buckets

In the city of Bandung in Indonesia, Dutch architects SHAU has designed a new micro-library with a façade made of 2000 recycled ice cream buckets. The building is situated in a small square with a pre-existi...

Yangzhou Zhongshuge Library by XL-Muse

Shanghai studio XL-Muse has recently completed ‘Yangzhou Zhongshuge’, a library located in Zhen Yuan, China.  The designers took inspiration from the store's waterside location, as well as the area's arche...

First Look at MVRDV’s library in Tianjin

Articulated around a mirrored spherical auditorium, this library designed by Dutch firm MVRDV in the Chinese city of Tianjin is nearing completion. The 34,200 m2 building forms part of the new Binhai Cultural C...

Vector Architects Designs A Seaside Library In China

Beijing studio Vector Architects designed the Seashore Library on the white sands of a beach in Nandaihe, a coastal region in eastern China. From outside, it looks like a weathered rock that is pure and solid; ...