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Building: Seikei University Library
Location: Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Completion: 2006
Architect: Shigeru Ban Architects
Structural Engineer: Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Inc.

AE Interests: cantilevered book stacks, sunken floor, mushroom pods, glass curtain walls, concrete bookshelves used as structural columns