International Library of Children’s Literature | Tadao Ando
7-20-2025: MODERNi; The original plan for the Imperial Library called for a central courtyard, which was never completed. The library finally received its long-awaited courtyard thanks to Ando’s renovations, with the addition of the Arch Building, completed in 2015. Trees that had spent over a century in the shadows of the library’s brick became the focal point of a central courtyard that symbiotically bridged the old Brick Building and the modern Arch Building addition. In a further environmentally conscious flourish, the roof of the Arch Building was outfitted…Read More!
• Tokyo, Japan | ~ 71,800 SF | ~ 1996 to 2002 | © Shinsuke Kera
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