King Fahad National Library
Glass-cube national library wrapped in white tent-like fabric sails around an older library inside.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the King Fahad National Library in Riyadh starts with a figure on the white fabric skin facing King Fahd Road, and a question about light that it seems to contradict. It looks at the steel-cable net and tent-like sails a German architecture firm wrapped around the building, and at what desert heat and winter cold do to them. Best heard standing across from the facade, where you can see the diamond-shaped sails up close.
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