BIG was awarded first prize in the open international design competition for Kazakhstan’s New National Library which included 19 entrants, among others Lord Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid.
BIG was awarded first prize in the open international design competition for Kazakhstan’s New National Library which included 19 entrants, among others Lord Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid. Bustler
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kazakstan certainly has some very hip library patrons!
who were the second and third prize winners? does anyone know?
didnt zaha do a figure 8 scheme before
In Kazakstan three dee h's you!
Wow. The design seems ambitious but accessible, and knowing BIG's work I'd guess it's also really well-resolved, but while skimming through the presentation drawings this one blew me away:
Gorgeous. If a student were to show me that section, I would know that they knew what the hell their building really was. Awesome.
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