Beitou Library is simply enchanting, ranked among CNN’s “27 Most Beautiful Libraries in the World”

By the MOOK Scenic Spots Family Travel Life Network Editorial Team

 

The Beitou Branch of Taipei Public Library, previously chosen by U.S. entertainment website Flavorwire.com as one of the world’s 25 most beautiful libraries, has recently earned praise from CNN Travel, 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 architecture 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 honors.

Located within Beitou Park, the Beitou Branch of Taipei Public Library is Taiwan’s first green architecture library. Not only are its building materials recyclable and reusable, but it also uses eco-friendly paints indoors, and incorporates designs such as wooden lattice screens and deep overhangs on balconies to reduce heat radiation entering the interior, thereby achieving energy-saving and carbon-reduction effects. In addition, the sloped grass roof, specifically highlighted by CNN Travel, is equipped with photovoltaic solar panels and is designed to retain moisture while channeling rainwater into a recycling tank for use in watering the library’s plants and flushing toilets.

 

The Beitou Branch of Taipei Public Library has 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 in the 6th Far Eastern Outstanding Architectural Design Award, the 2007 Taiwan Architecture Award Grand Prize, and a finalist in the 2008 Global Architecture Gold Award – Global Excellence in Construction Award.

 

 

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