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