The Tianjin Binhai Library in the Binhai district of Tianjin, China, opened in October 2017, designed by the Rotterdam firm MVRDV working with the Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute. Nicknamed the Eye for the luminous spherical auditorium at its center, the five level building wraps floor to ceiling terraced bookshelves around the sphere and holds about 1.2 million books across some 33,700 square meters. It is one of five buildings forming the Tianjin Binhai Cultural Center and was completed on an accelerated three year construction schedule.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountTianjin, People's Republic of China 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
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- Also in Geography Atlas: China, located there.
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1. Tianjin Binhai Library (Wikipedia)
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The Tianjin Binhai Library in the Binhai district of Tianjin, China, opened in October 2017, designed by the Rotterdam firm MVRDV working with the Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute. Nicknamed the Eye for the luminous spherical auditorium at its center, the five level building wraps floor to ceiling terraced bookshelves around the sphere and holds about 1.2 million books across some 33,700 square meters. It is one of five buildings forming the Tianjin Binhai Cultural Center and was completed on an accelerated three year construction schedule.
Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Library)
Tianjin Binhai New Area Library (Chinese: 天津滨海新区图书馆), nicknamed "The Eye", is a library in Tianjin, China. It is part of the Binhai Cultural Center, being one of its five central attractions.
View the Source 2. Tianjin Binhai Library (Wikidata)
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Wikidata item Q47088811, property P571: 2017
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Tianjin, People's Republic of China
Wikidata item Q47088811, property P131/P17 (location): Tianjin, People's Republic of China
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