Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- September 15, 2018
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Project details Location: Alexandria, Egypt Architect: Snohetta Date Constructed: 2001 "From the shoreline, the library appears as a disc-shaped volume one hundred-sixty meters in diameter, tilted forward toward the water in the shape of a wedge. The architects intended the pure geometry of the circular plan to "recall the cyclical nature of knowledge, fluid throughout [...]
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