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Library · Postmodernism

Hong Kong Central Library

byHo Chiu-fanHong Kong ↗

2001

Key featuresPlan built from three shapes: the circle for sky, the square for land, the triangle for accumulated knowledge.

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Architect
Ho Chiu-fan
Place
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Year
2001
Typology
Library
Movement
Postmodernism
Region
East Asia

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