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Building: Biblioteca Vasconcelos

Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Address: Eje 1 Nte. S/N, Buenavista, Cuauhtémoc, 06350 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico

Architect: Alberto Kalach (Taller de Arquitectura X)

Client: Mexican Government’s Ministry of Public Education & Concaculta (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y los Artes)

Interior Design: Adriana Leon – Taller de Arquitectura X

Landscape Design: Jose Maria Buendia

Built: 2006

Size: Approx. 409,000 square feet (ArchDaily reported area)

Structural Engineer: Enrique Martinez Romero, EMRSA

MEP: Osvaldo Macedo DYPRO (HVAC), Ericka Azpeitia IDAZA (Electrical), Javier Ramos GHA y Asociados (Plumbing)

Geotechnical Engineer: Carlos Gutierrez – CGS

AE Interests: Hybrid steel and reinforced concrete structural system; suspended multi-level steel bookshelves; long-span steel roof trusses; large open central atrium; suspended shelving with connections to accommodate structural movement; sawtooth roof system; suspended whale skeleton art; botanical garden; exposed structural system, glass-floored pedestrian walkways

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