Kanazawa Umimirai Library

The Kanazawa Umimirai Library, completed 2013. The surface of the square building (45m on each side) is perforated with a grid of circular glass blocks.

Kanazawa Umimirai Library 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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kanazawa Umimirai Library by Kazumi Kudo and Hiroshi Horiba / Coelacanth K&H Architects". de zeen Magazine. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. ↑ Gibberd, Matt; Hill, Albert (20 August 2013). "The Return of Ornamentation". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Works: Kanazawa Umimirai Library". Coelacanth K&H. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Japan Institute of Architects Prize". International Union of Architects. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

Coordinates: 36°35′39″N 136°36′15″E / 36.5943°N 136.6043°E / 36.5943; 136.6043


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