This Tainan library creates an indoor-outdoor interplay for high user engagement

Mecanoo and Mayu Architects have completed a 37,000-sq-m library in the Taiwanese city, a building inspired by the local culture.
Home to over a million books and a vast multimedia collection, the Tainan Public
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