Almost ten years after the project began, a new public library described as "a magnificent shop window for knowledge, information and culture that unambiguously promotes the idea of reading day and night" has been officially opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands. Designed by MVRDV (which was the cause of some controversy a couple of years back when plans were released for its Cloud skyscraper), Book Mountain in Spijkenisse near Rotterdam features a huge glass and timber outer shell that's home to a 5-storey, tiered pyramid-like structure with thousands of books stacked on shelves that snake around the outside of its brick walls... Continue Reading Breathtaking Book Mountain library opens for business

Section: Architecture

Tags: Books, Education, MVRDV

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