National Library of Belarus

                                                    

•          Name: National Library of Belarus.
•          Localization : Minsk – Belarus
•          Architects: Mijail Vinogradov and Victor Kromarenko . Design in 1986.
•         Construction :2002- 2006.Officially opened on 16 June 2006
•          Main usage :library
•          Architectural style : Futurism
•          Shape : It is a rhombicuboctahedrom .It is a  polyhedrom with   octahedral  symmetry. It has  twenty-six faces. It is formed with eight  triangles and eighteen square face. It  is divided in two square domes and a central octagonal prism.
•          Characteristics : The building of the National Library  is considered  the most unusual in the world and it is the main information and culture centre of Belarus. It symbolizes a diamond. It has 22 floors and it is 72 m high .Its base is formed for three circunferences. The external is formed by glass panels.

         To maintain the image at night the architects design a lighting  system
     that is as spectacular as the building itself. The system, which is 
     integrated with the façade, consists of 4646 RGB colour- changing LED
     fixtures.

Text: Is a mixture of  information of google

Photo:ledlightray.com and discovery.nemiga.info