Beijing city library by Snøhetta opens to the public, revealing sculpted ‘hills’ and ‘valleys’
Snøhetta’s Beijing City Library has opened doors for visitors as the world’s largest climatized reading space. It is the firm’s latest innovation in the library typology, thirty-five years after they began work on Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt. Located in Tongzhou District, the glass-lined building invites nature into the reading space and lends transparency to the enriched interior environment when…