The Tianjin Binhai Library is a five-level library located in Binhai Cultural District.

Since it was opened on October 1, 2017, Chinese netizens have gone crazy over its visually pleasing aesthetics. Many have also taken to social media to post pictures of its interior.

Beautiful aesthetics

The library is designed by Netherlands-based architecture firm MVRDV and took three years to build.

It has education facilities such as reading rooms, book and lounge areas, computer rooms and audio rooms. However, bookshelves are its main highlights

Combining white curved walls and a terrace design, these bookshelves are intended to create not only stairs but also seating:

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This library can hold up to 1.2 million books.

To give you an idea of how many books that is, the Central Public Library located at Basement One of our National Library has a collection of over 200,000 books.

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Another beautiful architectural feature include its high vaulted ceilings:

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Check out this gif of the library showing its bookshelves:

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The interior atrium of the library is also centred by a large spherical auditorium which serves as the focal point for the library.

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One library, many nicknames

From the outside, the building has an oval opening onto the interior, where the sphere is seen in the centre. Because of this, some comments on social media have dubbed the building "The Eye."

As a nod to its futuristic architectural designs and unique curves, other names for the building include "Sea of knowledge" (given its curved bookshelves) and "Super Sci-Fi."

Nice.

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