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NEW MEETS OLD: SUN FROM ABOVE
An exemplary intensive space utilisation and an ample supply of flooding daylight anywhere in the historic building are mandatory objectives of the 2001 design of a new wing for the Budapest Metropolitan Ervin Szabo Library.
Award winning architect Peter Hegedus and his studio present a brilliant dromeroofed eight-storey structure, embracing an inner courtyard. The new project stands as an addition to an eclectic palace from 1889 and a later section, originally built for residential purposes.
The Hegedus wing, however, is now the overall main building, matching the growing spatial requirements of a modern library: Bright, open interiors with unfolded perspectives to see and walk through. All rooms are easily accessible and fully serviceable.

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