With its iconic arches, Toyo Ito’s new library at Tama Art University has the aura of a Romanesque building. But caves, not compression structures, were the architect’s inspiration, so any ...

Hidemi Kondo: 'A university library has a special role to play in an arts university, where the building itself is a learning site for students.' Tama Art University's new Hachioji library designed by ...

This impressive public library hosts the Tokyo Magazine Bank, a collection of 16,000 issues of everything from weeklies to art publications, including an interesting 'Inaugural Issue Collection'. The ...

Opened to much fanfare in 2007, the stunning library of this renowned art institution feels a lot more airy and spacious than your average book repository. It was designed by renowned architect Toyo ...