Taoyuan Main Public Library

Taoyuan Main Public Library
桃園市立圖書館
	The main building of Taoyuan Public Library, located in the Cultural Bureau building of Taoyuan City Government.
Type	Public library
Established	1983
Location	Taoyuan District, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Branches	36 branch, 4 reading rooms
Collection
Items collected	443,000 (2015)
Other information
Director	Tang Lian-Cheng
Website	https://www.typl.gov.tw

Taoyuan Main Public Library (Chinese: 桃園市立圖書館; pinyin: Táoyuán Shìlì Túshūguǎn) is the central library of Taoyuan, Taiwan. It is located in Xianfu Rd, Taoyuan District, near the Taoyuan City Government building. At present, the new main library located in the Zhongzheng Arts District is under construction, and it is estimated to be completed by the end of 2021.^[3]

Architecture[]

The current building of Taoyuan Main Public Library is located in the Cultural Bureau building of Taoyuan City Government. It was opened in 1983. It comprises 5 above-ground floors and one below.

New Building[]

New building of Taoyuan Taoyuan Main Public Library will comprises 8 above-ground floors and two below. In addition to the library, there are facilities such as cinemas, cultural and creative plazas, and theme restaurants. The design competition was held on April 12, 2017. T.C.K. Architect Engineer Planner and [ja] (Japan) won the first place with the green building theme of "Tree of Life".^[4] The design concept of the "Tree of Life" is composed of five elements: "Eco Tube", "Knowledge Spiral", "Bookshelf Structure", "Green Spiral" and "Eco Skin".^[5]