Mecanoo cloaks palatial Tainan Public Library with decorative aluminium cladding

Patterned aluminium panels wrap the stepped exterior of the Tainan Public Library, which Dutch studio Mecanoo and local office MAYU Architects have completed in southern Taiwan.
The 37,000-square-metre library, located in the city of Tainan, houses over a million books, alongside collections of music, films and modern art.
Its palatial, staggered form was designed by Mecanoo and MAYU Architects to pay homage to local vernacular, including the city's old temples with cantilevered roofs.
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