{"id":57975,"date":"2017-11-16T06:15:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T11:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-incredible-cascading-library-is-every-book-lovers-dream\/"},"modified":"2017-11-16T06:15:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T11:15:33","slug":"this-incredible-cascading-library-is-every-book-lovers-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/this-incredible-cascading-library-is-every-book-lovers-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"This Incredible Cascading Library Is Every Book-Lover&#8217;s Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This Incredible Cascading Library Is Every Book-Lover&#8217;s Dream<\/b><br \/>\nBook worms,\u00a0ready yourselves for next level awesomeness: the most beautiful library has opened in China which can house up to 1.2 million books.<\/p>\n<p>The Tianjin Binhai library\u2019s design is inspired by an auditorium. The 33,700 m\u00b2 space uses cascading bookshelves to create stairs, seating and the layered ceiling &#8211; all of which are filled to the brim with books.<\/p>\n<p>Among all of that, there\u2019s a luminous spherical auditorium which can be programmed to create different lighting atmospheres. Cool or what?<\/p>\n<p>The library was designed by architects MVRDV. On their site, it reads: \u201cThe library, one part of a larger cultural complex masterplan, bases itself around a spherical auditorium which, coupled with the main atrium, forms an eye that acts as a focal point for the interior space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTerraced bookshelves echo the sphere throughout the atrium, leading users up into the heart of the library, before continuing around the building as louvers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll leave you to get to know one another&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/tianjin-binhai-library-in-china-is-a-book-lovers-paradise_uk_5a0d50f8e4b0c0b2f2f7cfac\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/tianjin-binhai-library-in-china-is-a-book-lovers-paradise_uk_5a0d50f8e4b0c0b2f2f7cfac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Incredible Cascading Library Is Every Book-Lover&#8217;s Dream Book worms,\u00a0ready yourselves for next level awesomeness: the most beautiful library has opened in China which can house up to 1.2 million books. 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