Located in the center of the college, the Library of Shandong Normal University is the most important building. The new library connects the educational facilities in the west and student residences in the east. The 46.7-meter-tall, 9-story tower collects 1 million books, including a large number of special collections.

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Architects: Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University

Location: Jinan, Shandong, China

Design Team: Yidong Yang, MeifangTeng, JingweiLuo, Zaiguo Lin

Area: 51098.2 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Yong Zhang

Mep Engineers: Zengrong Gong,Zhengjie Huang, Shaobing Dong, Haifeng Liu, Haojun Li,Lilun Yu
Structural Engineers: Mingshan Zhang, Benyue Li

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From the architect. Located in the center of the college, the Library of Shandong Normal University is the most important building. The new library connects the educational facilities in the west and student residences in the east. The 46.7-meter-tall, 9-story tower collects 1 million books, including a large number of special collections.

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The form of library was required to be concise and solemn. We use cheap local granite which is called Shandong White Pearlto reveal the purity of the concise form. The basic panel is 1500 mm (length) x 600mm (width).

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In order to dispel the negative influence on the view ...