Tianjin Binhai Library in Tianjin, China (1080×1300)

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Comments

Rubbe18 says

Damn
West-Painter says

So some of the books are just for show?
DavidWangArchitect says

Books and the Architecture.
OpDawg says

Are the upper ones only available on Kindle?