New Taichung Landmark Combines Art Museum, Library

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The central Taiwanese city of Taichung is getting a new landmark – a "museumbrary," which combines the city's art museum with its main public library. The venue was designed by a Japanese architecture firm, and draws inspiration from Taichung's culture and history.

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00:00Taiwan's second biggest city by population is welcoming its newest major landmark, the Taichung

00:05Green Museum Brewery. The venue's director hailed the project in an interview with Taiwan Pluses

00:10connected. It's the integration of art museum and the library, and together they are based

00:17in a really big urban park in Taichung. So the idea of park, art museum, and library,

00:23they are kind of equally important. The museum brewery houses the new Taichung Art Museum and the

00:30city's public library. It was designed by Japanese architecture firm Sana. The 58,000 square meter

00:37space is aimed at integrating different artistic fields, and this design was inspired by Taichung's

00:43culture and history.

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