An 11-metre-high book tower built out of textbooks weighing 14 tonnes is displayed at Art Zone in Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology.<br /><br />The video, filmed on January 20, shows the giant piles of books on the steel shelves forming a tower shape.<br /><br />The idea was from an independent artist named Zhao Haitao who aimed to show the downfall of the paper books compared to technology such as phones and tablets.<br /><br />2.5-metres of opened books were placed on top to make it look as if the tower is collapsing<br /><br />The book tower was built in May in 2017 and it took a month to finish the project.<br /><br />The books were placed on 16mm-thick steel plates and were stuck together by glue making the tower stable.
