Beijing Library takes home 3 more international awards

Beijing Library, located in the sub-center of the Chinese capital, has recently clinched three top international awards, pushing the young institution’s tally to seven global accolades since its opening in late 2023.

The library’s Metaverse Experience Hall captured the Best Interactive Capabilities award at the 2025 Vega Digital Awards. Judges praised the hall’s usage of cutting-edge technologies to address the limitations of traditional library services, offering an immersive reading and learning environment for visitors.

Meanwhile, the library’s Data Visualization system won the Platinum A’ Design Award for 2025. The system merges digital-twin modeling, 3D GIS and real-time rendering, projecting a live, immersive map of the building and nearby landmarks onto an 18-meter-wide interactive screen.

Rounding out the trio of honors, Beijing Library’s interactive project “Reading Garden” took home the 2nd place of the 2025 IFLA PressReader International Marketing Award. This project builds digital gardens for each child reader, creating an engaging and interactive journey that fosters lifelong reading habits.

These latest wins raise Beijing Library’s haul to seven international prizes since its opening. The institution has so far hosted more than 5,000 cultural events and welcomed 4.79 million visitors.