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Kitakyushu Central Library: Exterior
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Kitakyushu Central Library: Exterior
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Kitakyushu Central Library: Exterior
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Kitakyushu Central Library: Exterior
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Kitakyushu Central Library: Context
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Library · Late modernism

Kitakyushu Central Library

Arata Isozaki · Kitakyushu, Japan · 1975

Key featuresTwo long copper-clad concrete barrel vaults bend across the site, bringing daylight into the reading rooms.

Architect
Arata Isozaki
Place
Kitakyushu, Japan
Year
1975
Typology
Library
Movement
Late modernism
Region
East Asia
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