The $7.9-million, 25,000-sq-ft Logan Heights Library in San Diego serves as both library and cultural center with a 300-seat community room, computer lab, digital reference rooms, and cultural room for student programs. The library’s public meeting room, The Centro Cultural, is a 35-ft cube supported by a single column with exterior cladding in a checkerboard pattern of gold granite. The building design pays homage to the design styles of the Incas, Aztecs and Anasazi indigenous peoples.