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Cultural Centres : Buildings
Major Culture Architecture Projects from around the World
post updated 11 November 2021
Contemporary Cultural Centres
We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Cultural Centre Buildings. We aim to include Culture Center buildings / projects that are either of good quality, or ideally both. e-architect try to cover completed Culture Centre buildings, new building designs and architecture competitions across the world.
Latest Cultural Centre Designs
Cultural Centre Architecture – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:
Changsha Meixihu Centre, China
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
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Changsha Meixihu International Culture & Art Centre Building
M+ Pavilion, West Kowloon, China
Design: Vincent Pang from VPANG architects ltd, Tynnon Chow from JET Architecture Inc and Lisa Cheung
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M+ Pavilion West Kowloon Building
WKCDA celebrated the completion of M+ Pavilion, the first permanent venue for exhibitions and arts events in the West Kowloon Cultural District, marking a significant milestone in the development of the art hub.
Duetto Vitória Building
Design: ANGATU Arquitetos
photograph : Diogo Buloto
Duetto Vitória Building
The old facade made of masonry had to be completely demolished to be rebuilt and to create the new openings. The apparent concrete in the facade balances the exterior colors, makes the building timeless and values the misaligned windows.
Elena Garro Cultural Center, Coyoacán, México D.F. – 3 Oct 2013
Design: arquitectura 911sc
photo : Jaime Navarro
This building is located in the historical district of Coyoacan in the southern part of Mexico City honoring the memory of the Mexican author. Faced with the task of preserving a heritage-listed house of the beginning of the 20th Century and transforming it into a multi-activity cultural center, the project deals with adding spaces and re-functionalizing the existing building in a contemporary fashion bookstore, an auditorium, cafeteria, seminar rooms as well as reading spaces, both interior and exterior are part of the program for the new Cultural Center.
The Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos, Finnish Lapland
Design: Halo Arkkitehdit
photograph : Mika Huisman
Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos – 29 Mar 2013
The Sami Cultural Centre Sajos is located in northern part of Finnish Lapland, in village of Inari. Sajos is the centre of culture and administration for the Sami, the only indigenous people in EU. The building creates better possibilities for the Sami in Finland to preserve and develop their own language, culture and business.
Manor Barn Culture House, Mogeltonder, Denmark
Praksis Architects
photo : Christina Capetillo
Manor Barn Culture House – 13 Feb 2013
The old barn, with its unique roof construction is taking on a complete renovation. Externally the barn gets a thatched roof again. Internally, Praksis designs a flexible exhibition space, which tells viewers the story of the Golden Horns, Møgeltønder, Schackenborg og Slotfeltlade by using modern technology.
Cultural Centre and Library in Karlshamn, Sweden
Design: schmidt hammer lassen architects
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Cultural Centre and Library in Karlshamn – 25 Jan 2013
The New Cultural Centre and Library in Karlshamn, Sweden, is designed to gather the city’s cultural functions under one roof. schmidt hammer lassen architects has just won an international competition to design this 5,000 square metre cultural centre. Karlshamn will get a sculptural and flexible building containing a library, an exhibition area, a cinema, a tourist office and a café.
Latest Cultural Centre Buildings Added
Kunsthaus Weiz, southeast Austria
Design: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
photo © Paul Ott
Kunsthaus Weiz
The community lacked an adequately meeting hall. Through the erection of a new fire station at the edge of Weiz a site at the heart of the town became available, directly opposite the headquarters of the local industrial giant. The location is marked by small, two-storey baroque and 19th century buildings, the street grid and the squares of the immediately adjoining old town are essentially mediaeval.
Culture Island, Middelfart, Denmark
Design: schmidt hammer lassen architects
photograph from architect studio
Culture Island Middelfart Building
The building’s dynamic form responds to the uniqueness of its location on the waterfront. Via its extensive glazed sections, the arts and community complex opens out onto the water while the vertically slit, zinc facades enclose the interior spaces, creating tranquillity and intimacy. A cleft splits the complex into two: a double-height foyer space lit from above with a rooflight that affords a glimpse of the sky.
Cultural Centers
Featured Culture Buildings, alphabetical:
Arab Cultural Center Washington, D.C., USA
Design: Monolab
picture from architecture firm
Arab Cultural Center : Architecture Competition
Arctic Culture Centre, Hammerfest, Norway
Design: a-lab architects
image from architect office
Arctic Culture Centre
Cultural Centre in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Design: Architecture-Studio
image from architects practice
Cultural Centre Muscat
The Freedom Park, South Africa
Design: GAPP Architects/ Urban Designers, MMA Architects, MRA Architects
photo from architecture firm
Freedom Park
King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture, Saudi Arabia
Design: Snøhetta
building image : MIR
King Abdulaziz Library
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Culture Centre Designs, alphabetical:
Ascona Centre for Tourism & Culture, Switzerland
2006
Design: Caruso St John Architects
Architecture Competition win
Cantera Cultural Centre, Estepona, Spain
2006-09
David Chipperfield Architects
Don Benito Cultural Centre, Don Benito, Badajoz, Spain
1997
Rafael Moneo Architects
Dunkers Kulturhus – Dunkers house for culture, Hälsingborg, Sweden
–
Kim Utzon
Luzern Culture and Congress Center – KKL, Luzern, Switzerland
1999
Jean Nouvel Architects
Niemeyer Cultural Centre, Avilés, Spain
2007-
Oscar Niemeyer Architect
Library Buildings
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Museum Buildings
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Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Design: Jean Nouvel, Paris
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Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum
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