National Library, Singapore

The National Library (Chinese: 国家图书馆, Malay: Perpustakaan Negara, Tamil: தேசிய நூலகம்) is in Singapore. The new 16-story replaces the old National Library at Stamford Road. The building was designed by T.R. Hamzah & Ken Yeang^[1] and is the headquarters of the National Library Board.

National Library

Country	Singapore
Type	Public library
Established	22 July 2005
Location	100 Victoria Street
Coordinates	1°17′52″N 103°51′15.2″E
Branch of	National Library Board

The library was moved to new building in 2005 under the National Library Board known as the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library and also Central Public Library.

References

1. Pearson, Clifford A.: "T.R. Hamzah & Yeang applies its trademark bioclimatic design principles to the new National Library in Singapore" Archived 2015-10-12 at the Wayback Machine in Architectural Record, August 2006

Other websites

• National Library Board Singapore
• Lee Kong Chian Reference Library Archived 2011-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
• National Library of Singapore's Guide to its history Archived 2011-08-20 at the Wayback Machine