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Surrey City Centre Public Library

The Surrey City Centre Library is the main branch of Surrey Libraries (Surrey, British Columbia's public library system). It was opened in September 2011 and replaced the Whalley Public Library. Part of a re-vitalization project for the City Centre area, the building was designed by Bing Thom. The library is located northwest of Surrey Central station in the Whalley / City Centre neighbourhood.

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British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada

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Bing Thom

1940-2016 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Bing Wing Thom, (Chinese: 譚秉榮; 8 December 1940 – 4 October 2016) was a Canadian architect and urban designer.

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practice · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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