Kanazawa Umimirai Library

Kanazawa Umimirai Library
金沢海みらい図書館
Location	Kanazawa city, Ishikawa Prefecture,   Japan
Type	Public library
Established	2011
Architect(s)	Coelacanth K&H Architects
Collection
Size	228,000 items
Access and use
Population served	General public

Kanazawa Umimirai Library is a public library located in Kanazawa city, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. This is a contemporary building by the Japanese architects Kazumi Kudo and Hiroshi Horiba, completed in 2011. ^[1] Its surface creates a decorative grid made of some 6000 small circular blocks of glass which puncture the concrete surface of the building in a triangular array. ^[2]

Building

The firm that designed the library, Coelacanth K&H, describe the building as a "simple space" ^[3] of 45m by 45m and 12m high. It was completed in March 2011. The floor area is 5,641.9 square metres; the building's area is 2,311.9 square metres. The "single quiet and tranquil room ... resembles a forest, filled with soft light and a feeling of openness reminiscent of the outdoors". ^[3]

Prize

Hiroshi Horiba and Kazumi Kudo won a Japan Institute of Architects Prize for the library in 2013. ^[4]

Gallery

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See also

• Mathematics and architecture

References

1. "Kanazawa Umimirai Library by Kazumi Kudo and Hiroshi Horiba / Coelacanth K&H Architects". de zeen Magazine. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
2. Gibberd, Matt; Hill, Albert (20 August 2013). "The Return of Ornamentation". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
3. "Works: Kanazawa Umimirai Library". Coelacanth K&H. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
4. "Japan Institute of Architects Prize". International Union of Architects. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

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