Tianjin Library by MVRDV has an Eye as its centrepiece and is part of German architects GMP’s 120,000 sq m masterplan for the city MVRDV are nearing the completion of a library in Tianjin, China. The 34,200 sq m building forms part of the new Binhai Cultural Centre, the masterplan of which was designed by German architects GMP, and joins four other buildings through a series of ‘cultural corridors’. The library bases itself around a mirrored spherical auditorium which, coupled with the main atrium, forms an eye that gives panoramas of the interior space and reflects the beautiful park in front of the building. The cultural project was designed for Tianjin Binhai District and is estimated to be open to the public in mid-2017.