Public library in Singapore
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The
Bishan Public Library
is a
library
in the
National Library Board
network situated at
Bishan
, Singapore just behind
Junction 8 Shopping Centre
. It opened on 1 September 2006 by
Deputy Prime Minister
,
Wong Kan Seng
.
History
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The library was conceived in the late 1990s because of high traffic in the
Toa Payoh Community Library
and
Ang Mo Kio Community Library
. Plans for the library commenced in 2002, and construction took place from 2003 to 2006 at a cost of about
S$
10 million.
[1]
Designed by Look Boon Gee, it has about 250,000 titles spread over four floors and a basement, with a Cafe Galilee on the first floor. Windows that protrude out of the building are actually reading "pods", for readers who want to read quietly or use their laptops there.
The design of the library won a number of awards for its architecture, locally and internationally. The awards won include the
President's Design Award
in 2007 and the
International Architecture Award
in 2009.
[2]
Accessibility
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The library serves a population of around 90,000 in the Bishan area, including the needs of several nearby schools such as
Catholic High School
,
Guangyang Secondary School
,
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary School
,
Whitley Secondary School
,
Raffles Institution
and Raffles Junior College.
It is easily accessible to residents of
Bishan
via the buses which ply to and from
Bishan Bus Interchange
. However, library users have to walk a short distance to access the library. The library is also a short walk away from the
Bishan MRT station
.
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