In Beijing’s Tongzhou District, a new public library by Snøhetta recently opened its doors. Beijing City Library is one of three prominent cultural institutions underway in a neighborhood considered to be the Chinese capital’s eastern gateway. Like its two other counter parts, Beijing City Library will anchor the budding district as it grows into a new sub-center.
The Norwegian office’s design features a forest of 52-foot-tall columns upholding a playful, nebulous roof slab; enveloped by a multi-story curtain wall. As such, Snøhetta has called the new Beijing City Library the world’s largest climatized reading space. The open hangar space is reminiscent of past libraries by the
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