A university library on the Akita International University campus, a semicircular wooden building designed by Mitsuru Senda and completed in 2008. Inside, a radial cedar roof rises over tiered bookshelves facing each other across an open reading space.
Highlights
- Radial Akita cedar roof
- Tiered semicircular bookshelves
- Ceiling beams like umbrella ribs
Good to know
- Photography prohibited inside without permission
- Open to public during daytime hours
- Students use it 24 hours
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