MAD designs Nanhai Art Center to emulate "continuous wave of water"
Architecture studio MAD has revealed its design for an arts centre on a waterfront site in Guangdong, China, which will have an undulating form modelled on moving water. More
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Wallmakers punctuates arts centre roof with skylight seating
Architecture studio Wallmakers has reimagined a traditional roof by adding skylights that double as seating for an arts centre and home in Kerala, India. More
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D/Dock creates immersive exhibition space inside 19th-century Amsterdam gasworks
Creative studio D/Dock has transformed a hall inside Amsterdam's former Westergasfabriek gasworks into Fabrique des Lumières – billed as the largest immersive art centre in the Netherlands. More
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New Makers Bureau completes rammed-earth arts centre in Kampala
Rammed-earth walls and earth bricks define 32° East Arts Centre, a community arts space in Uganda by London architecture practice New Makers Bureau in collaboration with Ugandan design firm Localworks. More
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Spiralling ramp surrounds arts centre in China by Syn Architects
A spiralling ramp creates an unfolding, experiential route for visitors through the Tiangang Arts Center, a combined art gallery and hotel in China's Hebei Province designed by Syn Architects. More
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East Quay arts centre in Watchet takes cues from ad-hoc harbour buildings
A grassroots community group in Somerset, England, has built a seaside art centre featuring an eclectic design by architecture office Invisible Studio. More
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Curving roof incorporates seating at Yang Liping Performing Arts Center
Architecture office Studio Zhu-Pei has completed a performing arts centre in the Chinese city of Dali featuring an undulating roof that incorporates viewing areas and seating. More
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Steven Holl shapes Winter Visual Arts Building around 200-year-old trees
Curving glass walls enclose the Winter Visual Arts Building, which Steven Holl Architects has completed in the arboretum of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. More
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Sharjah's brutalist Flying Saucer turned into arts centre
UAE-based SpaceContinuum Design Studio has collaborated with the Sharjah Art Foundation to turn a 1970s brutalist restaurant into an arts centre in Sharjah. More
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Zigzagging aluminium walls wrap Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center
American firm Rand Elliott Architects has designed a new home for the Oklahoma Contemporary art centre covered in 16,800 extruded aluminium fins. More
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The Shed opens at Hudson Yards with huge "telescoping" roof
New York firms Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group have completed The Shed, a cultural centre in Manhattan's Hudson Yards, featuring a retractable roof that can be moved to form a performance area. More
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David Adjaye completes Ruby City art centre in Texas
New photos of British architect David Adjaye's contemporary art centre in San Antonio, Texas, show that construction on the angular crimson building has completed. More
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Arvo Pärt Centre by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos is surrounded by Estonian forest
The Arvo Pärt Centre, which is dedicated to the Estonian composer, is deep in an pine forest and has no main entrance or exit. More
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Charred timber performing arts centre built by Studio Seilern in parkland campus
Studio Seilern Architects' performing arts centre is intended to look as if it is emerging from the woods at Wellington College in Berkshire, England. More
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Serie Architects' understated Jameel Arts Centre is "very un-Dubai"
Serie Architects has unveiled a low-lying design for the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai, which does not "rely on exuberance to make a statement". More
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Stairs spiral around the perimeter of ATAH's glazed Heli-stage art space
Shanghai-based studio ATAH's arts centre in the Chinese city of Shaoxing is a glazed cylinder intersected by a spiralling walkway that doubles as a stage. More
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Assemble completes "raw and robust" art centre for London's Goldsmiths
Architecture collective Assemble has transformed a former public swimming pool to create a new art centre for Goldsmiths college in south London. More
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Paris' first digital museum of fine art finds home in 19th-century foundry
Colourful projections of early 20th-century paintings, including those by Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, are displayed at the Atelier des Lumière – a digital museum dedicated to fine art in Paris. More
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Mecanoo's performing arts centre nears completion in Taiwan
Dutch practice Mecanoo is putting the finishing touches to an arts centre in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung, which plays host to a selection of opera houses, concert halls and an open-air theatre set into its bulging roof. More
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Studio Gang unveils plans for Arkansas Art Center overhaul
Chicago-based firm Studio Gang has revealed plans to add a series of glazed pavilions with pleated roofs to an arts centre in Arkansas, as part of a major renovation and extension project. More
