The Architect · Alejandra · Mexico City
Biblioteca Vasconcelos
Kalach hung the whole collection in the air so the building reads as one endless section. Walk to the far end, look back down the suspended nave — the most vertiginous interior in the city.
Alberto Kalach's megalibrary — glass-and-steel shelves suspended in a vast void, with a whale skeleton floating at the center. Free, and jaw-dropping.
— Alejandra, The Architect
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