Beitou Library is simply enchanting — ranked among CNN’s 27 most beautiful libraries in the world

By / MOOK Scenic Spots Family Travel Life Network Editorial Department

 

The Beitou Branch of the Taipei Public Library, which was previously chosen by the American entertainment website Flavorwire.com as one of the world’s 25 most beautiful libraries, has now also received praise from the travel website of CNN (Cable News Network), being named one of the “World’s 27 Most Beautiful Libraries.” The article highly commends the library’s treehouse-like exterior design, as well as its green building and eco-friendly concepts. The Beitou Branch is also one of only two Asian libraries — alongside the Shanghai Library — to be selected in this round of rankings.

Located within Beitou Park, the Beitou Branch of the Taipei Public Library is Taiwan’s first green building library. Not only are its materials recyclable and reusable, but the interior also uses eco-friendly paint. It also incorporates design elements such as wooden lattice screens and deep overhangs on balconies to reduce heat radiation entering the building, thereby achieving energy-saving and carbon-reduction effects. In addition, the sloped grass roof featured prominently on CNN’s travel site is equipped with solar photovoltaic panels, and is designed to retain moisture while channeling rainwater into recycling tanks — used for watering the library’s plants and for toilet flushing.

 

The Beitou Branch of the Taipei Public Library has previously received numerous awards, including the Ministry of the Interior’s Green Building Nine Major Indicators Candidate Certificate, the Green Building Diamond-Level Certification, the 2007 National Excellence in Construction Award — Excellence Award, a finalist for the 6th Far Eastern Outstanding Architectural Design Award, the 2007 Taiwan Architecture Award — First Prize, and the 2008 Global Architecture Gold Award — Global Excellence in Construction Award Finalist.

 

 

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