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Bibliotheca Alexandrina Competition Entry

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Alexandria
Year Designed1989
Alexandria
Proposed

Competition entry for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina international design competition. The project, developed by Shirdel, Zago, and Kipnis, proposed a radical departure from monumental library typologies, envisioning a complex spatial structure informed by contemporary philosophical discourse on language and knowledge. The competition attracted 524 entries from 77 countries.

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