Lascaux IV in Montignac Building
Design: Snøhetta and Casson Mann
The new International Centre for Cave Art in Montignac, France welcomes visitors to an immersive educational experience of the prehistoric Lascaux cave paintings.
Visitor centre building
Visitor centre buildings designs and architects
e-architect try to select visitor centre building designs developments from around the globe. Discover architecture projects information, news and pictures of the best new visitor center building designs globally.
The website features a selection of the best new visitor centre building designs around the world, by respected designers.
In addition, we post information and images of significant contemporary architecture projects on this international website. Our focus is on internationally-significant architectural works.
Conversion of the Former Hospital Meursault
Design: JUNG Architectures & Simon Buri. The Gatehouse of the former hospital hosts the Tourist Information Office, while the Poor Hall and the Chapel, with its own access to the piazza, comprise temporary exhibition areas.
GE Customer Experience Center in Bielsko-Biala
Design: Zalewski Architecture Group. The main objective of the exhibition space is to present the products of GE grouped in thematic areas and at the same time familiarizing viewers with additional information by means of multimedia installations
Forestry Commission Campus Czech Republic
Architects: CHYBIK+KRISTOF. The concept is based on incorporating the forest landscape into a five-finger building to create new relations between the inside office and the outside forest landscape
Katuaq Cultural Centre of Greenland Nuuk
Architects: Schmidt Hammer Lassen. When opened in 1997 the building provided for the first time a cultural and artistic meeting place for both locals, the international Inuit community and visitors from all over the world.
The Curve in Slough Building
Design: bblur architecture and CZWG. A dynamic team of architects, designers and consultants are celebrating the completion of the £22m cultural hub project, The Curve, located in the centre of Slough, Berkshire, UK
Memorial and Learning Centre on Utøya, Norway
Design: Blakstad Haffner Arkitekter. The architects’ ambition was to reflect and strengthen values of community, solidarity, diversity and democracy, both through form and function by establishing a small village.
Pensthorpe Play Barn, Fakenham, Norfolk
Design: Adam Khan Architects
This building reinvents the familiar yet despised typology of indoor play centre, bringing sensory and haptic delight, user comfort, and a deep sustainability based on adaptability and environmental performance.
Punkva Caves Entrance building, Blansko
Design: Architektonicka kancelar Burian – Krivinka. The new entrance building into Punkva Caves has replaced an old unsuitable structure. The characteristic feature of the building is a gently bent roof, which must withstand boulder falls from the surrounding limestone cliff.
Chetian Tourist Center in Guizhou
Architects: West-line studio. The Chetian Village runs parallel to a river and the local traditional architectural style is characterized by stone houses with open air courtyards repeated in a parallel way. Each unit is linked to the others and all these parallel bands form separated groups
Integrated Commercial and Transportation Hub
Architects: Aedas
Located in front of the Sanya High-speed Railway Station, Sanya Integrated Commercial and Transportation Hub is a mixed-use tourist information point and transportation hub.
VCS – Unesco Visitor Center Sesto, Italy
Design: AllesWirdGut, Architects. Three edgy structures provide the new iconic entrance to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Dolomites. Fanning out along the southern edge of the square, the three volumes frame the space.
Cultural Plaza and Digital Port Namur
Architects: 3XN. The Digital Port will be a cultural building with a range of activities, where modern technologies will be made available to citizens and visitors to the Smart City project
Casa da Arquitectura-Centro Português de Arquitectura
Casa da Arquitectura-Centro Português de Arquitectura will open in June 2017, in Matosinhos. The announcement came at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia
Skamlingsbanken Visitor Centre Jutland
This Danish visitor centre design by architects CEBRA will be an architectural gateway that gathers and communicates a vast range of visitor experiences. It will form a natural starting point for hikes in the area.
Eco-tourism Interpretation Centre Cambodia
Design: Atelier COLE, architects. This building – by Building Trust international, Wildlife Conservation Society and the Royal Government of Cambodia – will act as a hub for eco-tourism activities in the northern plains of Cambodia and stand as a memorial to the past
The Margaret Whitlam Pavilion in Canberra
Design: Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects: the main internal space suitable for functions of up to 120 people, including cocktail parties, weddings, dinners and ceremonial events.