Schmidt Hammer Lassen wraps China's biggest library in marble-printed glass facade

The long-awaited Shanghai Library East designed by Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has opened to the public in China.
The 115,000-square-metre Shanghai Library East, located in the Pudong district of Shanghai, is the biggest library in the country.
Schmidt Hammer Lassen designed its monumental shape in reference to a unique type of stone from the region, called Taihu stone, which has perforated surfaces and eroded hollows.
Shanghai Library East was designed to look like a stone
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