A massive unexampled library in Tianjin , China , is gain international fame among bibliophiles and design buffs alike . As Arch Daily reports , the five - story Tianjin Binhai Library has capacitance for more than 1 million books , which visitors can scan in a whorled , modernist auditorium with storey - to - roof bookshelves .
Several eld ago , municipal official in Tianjin commission a team of Dutch and Nipponese architect to design five new buildings , admit the program library , for a cultural center in the city ’s Binhai territorial dominion . A glass - covered public corridor connects these social organisation , but the Tianjin Binhai Library is still striking enough to stand out on its own .
The library ’s main atrium could be compared to that of the Frank Lloyd Wright - contrive Guggenheim Museum in New York City . But there ’s a catch : Its swirl bookshelf do n’t actually hold 1000 of books . Look nearer , and you ’ll point out that the shelves are print with digital Christian Bible images . About 200,000 real books are available in other rooms of the depository library , but the jaw - dropping independent elbow room is mainly intend for socialisation and meter reading , according toMashable .
The “ shelves”—some of which can also service as steps or seating — uprise upwards , crook around a giantmirrored sphere of influence . Together , these element resemble a gargantuan middle , actuate visitors to nickname the attraction “ The Eye of Binhai,”reports Newsweek . In summation to its dramatic main auditorium , the 36,000 - straight - foot library also bear study rooms , couch area , office staff , and group meeting spaces , and has two rooftop patio .
[ h / tNewsweek ]
