Eye Liner Designed by Dutch architects MVRDV along with the Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute, Tianjon Binhai Library, nicknamed ‘The Eye’, features illuminated floor-to-ceiling, terraced bookshelves able to hold 1.2 million books, and a luminous sphere that serves as an auditorium with a capacity of 110 people.
PROJECT DETAILS Tianjin Binhai Library, Tianjin, China Client: Tianjin Binhai District, China Architect: MVRDV, Netherlands Co-Architect: Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute, China Lighting Design: Tianjin Architecture Design Institute, China
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