Manchester Arts & Cultural Centre by Mecanoo
Manchester Arts & Cultural Centre – design by Mecanoo wins Civic Trust Selwyn Goldsmith Award for Universal Design – Manchester Library Theatre Company + Cornerhouse art house cinema.
Cultural Centre buildings
Cultural Centre buildings and architects
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Great Northern Warehouse and Square Project, UK
Planning consent won by Manchester-based architects SimpsonHaugh and landscape specialists Planit-IE to create new urban quarter in the city. Great Northern Warehouse and Square Project Masterplan by Will Alsop’s aLL Design.
Design Society Shenzhen Building, SWCAC
The Sea World Culture and Arts Center (SWCAC) building design by legendary architect Fumihiko Maki: Design Society is a new world-class cultural design hub developed by China Merchants Shekou and the V&A.
Caixa Forum Building in Madrid
Updated photos by Simon Garcia. The Caixa Forum was designed by the world-famous Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron from 2001 to 2007. The building combined an old abandoned electrical station with new construction of floors which are encased with oxidized cast-iron
Gellerup Sports and Culture Campus Aarhus
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects Wins Competition to Design Sports and Culture Campus in Aarhus, Denmark. The multi-use community project is a key component of the revitalisation of the Gellerup district
Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre Kuwait
The ASCC project will consist of six main buildings: A Natural History Museum; Science Museum; Museum of Islamic History; Space Museum; Fine Arts Centre; and a Theatre. SSH was appointed as lead architecture and engineering designer on the complex.
Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos, Finland Building
Halo Arkkitehdit designed this building situated in the northern part of Finnish Lapland. Sajos is the centre of culture and administration for the Sami people. The building includes not just the usual spaces you would find in a cultural centre, but a parliament hall and auditorium.
Sea World Culture and Arts Center Shenzhen building
Innovative cultural initiative by 145-year-old China Merchants Group, first building designed by architect Fumihiko Maki in China: first Chinese gallery curated by an international museum partner as part of a collaboration with the V&A, London.
Memorial of Kazakhstan in Astana Design
The Memorial complex should not be just a symbol of past times like a grandiose statue but more like a modern monument fit for the XXI century which would additionally enrich and animate the society.
Shan Shui Shi Lin Cultural Centre Building
The building design by architects Park + Associates is imagined as a Chinese landscape painting, using composition of background, mid-ground, and foreground, to create a more layered visual experience. Purely visual pleasure translates into an experiential built form.
HUB Performance and Exhibition Center
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office have designed what they hope will become a cultural hub as Shanghai develops. The building stands out due in part to its floating canopy of wood sticks hovering over the three-story atrium which transforms the space into a forest.
Cultural Centre Stjørdal Building, Norway
Building design by Reiulf Ramstad Architects anchored in and inspired by the history and culture of its location. Its architecture conveys its modern function, giving a rich cultural and architectural experience.
Great Northern Warehouse and Square
Plans drawn up by Manchester-based architects SimpsonHaugh and landscape specialists Planit-IE to create a new urban quarter that reflects Manchester’s status as a truly global city. Masterplan by Will Alsop’s aLL Design.
Xi’an South Gate Plaza Shanxi Province
Design: China northwest architecture design and research institute. Using the space transition and restriction of Okimichi, drawbridge and green within the principle of limited developing and utilization, the outer plaza of South Gate design captures the iconic gesture of Xi’an South Gate.