Kanazawa Umimirai Library Explained

Native Name:	金沢海みらい図書館
Native Name Lang:	ja
Kanazawa Umimirai Library
Type:	Public library
Established:	2011
Location:	Kanazawa city, Ishikawa Prefecture
Collection Size:	228,000 items
Pop 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" 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]

See also

• Mathematics and architecture

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Kanazawa Umimirai Library by Kazumi Kudo and Hiroshi Horiba / Coelacanth K&H Architects . 22 June 2011 . de zeen Magazine . 6 November 2015.
2. News: Gibberd . Matt . Hill . Albert . The Return of Ornamentation . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018120901/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/property-and-architecture/7279/the-return-of-ornamentation.html . dead . 18 October 2014 . 12 October 2015 . The Telegraph . 20 August 2013.
3. Web site: Works: Kanazawa Umimirai Library . Coelacanth K&H . 6 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304125056/http://www.coelacanth-kandh.co.jp/english/works/public_2011_kzl.php . 4 March 2016 . dead .
4. Web site: Japan Institute of Architects Prize . International Union of Architects . 6 November 2015. 23 May 2013.