广州图书馆位于新的城市中心、古老珠江与城市中轴线的交汇点上,置身有“城市客厅”美誉的市民广场,面对中国第一高塔——广州塔,与广州大剧院、广东省博物馆、国际金融中心等众多标志性建筑交相辉映,共同构成广州这座现代化城市的崭新图景,见证这座城市建设世界名城的雄心与活力。广州图书馆以“美丽书籍”为设计理念,依托城市新中轴线景观,采取独特的“之”字优雅体造型,融入骑楼等岭南文化元素,南北立面造型各异的石材和玻璃,错落有致,形成凹凸不一的建筑肌理,寓意书籍的重叠和历史文化的积淀。占地面积2.1万平方米,总建筑面积10万平方米,是世界上建筑规模最大的城市公共图书馆之一,可同时容纳1.5万人阅读、学习与交流。 Guangzhou Library is located in the new city center, the intersection of the ancient Pearl River and the central axis of the city, and the public square with the reputation of “City Living Room”. Facing the first tower in China - Guangzhou Tower, Guangzhou Grand Theater, Guangdong Museum, the International Financial Center and many other landmark buildings on each other to form a new picture of this modern city of Guangzhou, witness the city’s ambition and vitality to build a world-famous city. Guangzhou Library takes “Beautiful Books” as its design philosophy and relies on the new central axis landscape of the city. It takes a unique and graceful shape and integrates with Lingnan cultural elements like arcades and stone with different shapes on the north and south façades. Glass, patchwork, the formation of uneven architectural texture, moral meaning overlapping books and historical and cultural accumulation. Covers an area of ​​21,000 square meters, with a total construction area of ​​100,000 square meters, is the world’s largest building one of the city public libraries, can accommodate 15,000 people to read, learn and exchange.