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Tainan Main Public Library, Tainan: exterior
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Tainan Main Public Library, Tainan: exterior
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Tainan Main Public Library, Tainan: exterior
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Tainan Main Public Library, Tainan: exterior
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Tainan Main Public Library, Tainan: interior
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Library · Contemporary

Tainan Main Public Library

byMecanoo, MAYU ArchitectsSee all 4 buildings →Tainan, Taiwan ↗

2021

Key featuresInverted stepped form with cantilevers on slender columns in fours; upper floors wrapped in patterned slats.

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Architect
Mecanoo, MAYU Architects
Place
Tainan, Taiwan
Year
2021
Typology
Library
Movement
Contemporary
Region
East Asia

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