Voltigeurs de Québec Armoury, Canada
The A49 / DFS / STGM consortium is proud to note the reopening of the Voltigeurs de Québec Armoury, a decade after the April 2008 fire that caused extensive damage to the building.
Cultural Centre buildings
Cultural Centre buildings and architects
e-architect select major cultural centre buildings from around the World. Discover cultural center architecture projects information, news and pictures. Source the best new culture building designs globally.
We feature a selection of the best new culture facilities around the globe.
Tingbjerg Library and Culture House Copenhagen
Tingbjerg Library and Culture House in Copenhagen building design by COBE, Architects, reinterpreting Danish modernism, a new social and cultural destination – urban transformation.
Gasteig Cultural Centre in Munich Building
Following the international competition and tender process, HENN‘s proposal has been selected for the renovation of the Gasteig Cultural Centre in Munich.
Shekou Sea World Culture and Arts Center
Design Society Shenzhen voted one of 2018 World’s Greatest Places by Time Magazine: designed by Maki and Associates the building highlights openness and connectivity, so people, space and nature can have quiet dialogues.
The Danish Wadden Sea Centre, Ribe
With a completely re-conceptualized conversion and extension, the Wadden Sea Centre – gateway to the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Ribe on the west coast of Denmark – by architects Dorte Mandrup, shortlisted at WAF 2018.
Lin’an Sports and Culture Center, Hangzhou
Following geomorphic the building form nestles in contour lines, responding to the surrounding mountains on the overall urban level, like a green vein.
Auneau Cultural Center, Paris
Inspired by the nearby covered market, the project designed by the Patrick Mauger agency in Auneau takes the form of a contemporary hall. The building is set back from the street, creating an esplanade that extends the main market square.
Hong Kong Young Architects and Designers
The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) announce the winning design in the inaugural Hong Kong Young Architects and Designers Competition: Growing Up by New Office Works.
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.
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
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.