Tag Cultural Center

19-06-2023

Antipode, new cultural centre in the heart of Rennes, a project by Dominique Coulon & Associés

In the new eco-district of La Courrouze, located just two kilometres from the historic centre of Rennes, stands the new Antipode cultural centre designed by the Dominique Coulon & Associés architectural firm. The centre, dedicated to music, culture and young people, is immersed in an open and lush urban landscape. The building stands out for its architectural poetics, which seamlessly blend distinct elements into a single harmonic vision.

14-12-2022

Studio Zhu Pei: OCT Art Centre in Zibo, Shandong, China

Studio Zhu Pei designed the new OCT Art Centre in Zibo as a response to the natural setting of the region of Shandong, China. Concrete sails on stone walls cast randomly about as in a game of pick-up sticks create a dynamic space designed to house all forms of art.

28-10-2022

Adjaye Associates: Winter Park Library & Events Center

In the architecture of the Winter Park Library & Events Center in Florida, the arched shape of the pavilions has both an aesthetic and an environmental purpose. Marvellously inspired by birds’ wings, the shape contributes to passive cooling.

03-10-2022

Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022: Here are the winners

The six winning projects of the 2022 edition of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, one of the most prestigious architectural awards, were announced on 22 September in Geneva. This accolade rewards both the designers as well as the clients and communities for whom the work was created; the six winners will share a million-dollar prize.

19-07-2022

The finalists of the World Architecture Festival 2022

The World Architecture Festival 2022 has unveiled the list of finalist projects that will be presented from 30 November to 2 December in Lisbon, Portugal. Following the festival’s well-established formula, the finalist architecture firms will present their projects live to the jury and the audience of colleagues attending the event.

23-05-2022

BIG wins competition for the new Vltava Philharmonic Hall Prague

Architecture firm BIG has won the international design competition for the Vltava Philharmonic Hall in Prague. The new philharmonic will be built along the Vltava and will accommodate more than 1,800 spectators, thus becoming an important link between the cultural scene of the old city and the contemporary city.

30-03-2022

Atelier ST: Kunsthaus in the new arts district of Göttingen

Atelier ST has completed work on the new Kunsthaus in Göttingen, mending a fracture in the continuous façade of Düstere Strasse. The project - with its severe, linear façades of moulded plaster - marks a step towards the completion of KuQua, the city’s arts district spearheaded by publisher Gerhard Steidl.

23-02-2022

Zone of Utopia + Mathieu Forest Architecte designs Ice Cubes Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Centre

The new Xinxiang tourist and cultural centre designed by the Zone of Utopia and Mathieu Forest Architecte studios is a new landmark for the city in China. The iconic building has been conceived as an out-of-scale sculpture that resembles a huge mountain of ice cubes, a direct and evocative reminder of the winter sports to which the entire tourist district will be dedicated and that will also include a indoor ski slope.

17-01-2022

Adjaye Associates designs new Library and Events Centre in Winter Park, Florida

On December 10 and 11, 2021, before local authorities and architect David Adjaye, the inauguration of the new library and events centre designed by the Adjaye Associates architecture firm took place. Built in the northwest corner of the Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Florida, the new building is part of a larger revitalisation programme for the park and has been designed to help grow and improve the local community.