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Chinese cultural exchange hall combines politics and nature

aoe's new Sino-Italian Cultural Exchange Hall in Chengdu, China, has been built in a bamboo forest to the east...

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Sustainable RAUM Pavilion can be continually reused or recycled in Utrecht

Utrecht's burgeoning cultural hotspot at Berlijnplein (Berlin Square) has recently gained the RAUM Pavilion, a...

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Steven Holl’s new solar-powered concert hall plays up the dramatic contrast between new and old

New York-based Steven Holl Architects and Architecture Acts has won an international competition to design the...

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Nearly 5,000 prefab concrete panels wrap BIG-designed “outdoor urban room” in France

Bjarke Ingels Group and FREAKS freearchitects have completed a new cultural center for Bordeaux, France that frames...

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Award-winning innovation center harnesses recycled rainwater and solar energy

Rio de Janeiro-based architecture firm Atelier77 recently completed CASA FIRJAN, an innovation center that’s...

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Zaha Hadid Architects completes highly complex Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre

Zaha Hadid Architects completed the Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre, a striking mixed-use facility...

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LEED Gold hub for artists and activists takes over an abandoned NYC firehouse

An abandoned firehouse has been reborn as the newly certified LEED Gold home for the Caribbean Cultural Center...

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Iceberg-inspired cultural center celebrates Inuit traditions

When Montreal-based Blouin Orzes architectes was tapped to design a new Inuit cultural center for the arctic region...

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Kengo Kuma’s competition-winning aquatic center connects land and sea in Copenhagen

Kengo Kuma & Associates beat out the likes of BIG and 3XN Architects in a design competition for a new waterfront...

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UNStudio’s striking Paris cultural center contorts for optimal daylight

UNStudio has unveiled competition-winning designs for Centre Culturel DédiéAu 7è Art, a new cultural center...

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MVRDV wins bid for green-roofed Zhangjiang Future Park in Shanghai

MVRDV just unveiled competition-winning designs for Zhangjiang Future Park, a 100,000-square-meter park and cultural...

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New light-filled learning center celebrates the food history of one of Denmark’s oldest towns

Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter just won a competition to design a new cultural center for one of the oldest settlements...

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This green-roofed cultural center in Sweden doubles as a vibrant public square

This green-roofed cultural center in Sweden blurs the line between the indoors and outdoors. Designed by Sweco...

Iceberg-inspired Greenland cultural center celebrates 20 years of resilience in the Arctic

Iceberg-inspired Greenland cultural center celebrates 20 years of resilience in the Arctic

Greenland’s harsh arctic climates are notoriously unforgiving, which makes the 20th anniversary of Greenland’s...

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Rammed earth and bamboo cultural center keeps naturally cool in Senegal

In the remote Senegalese village of Sinthian rises a culture center that twists and turns like a sinuous sculpture....

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