Stará Hasička Cultural and Community Centre by schwerpunkt. transforms a former fire station in the historic centre of Komín into a new facility for local residents. The project originated from an architectural competition launched in 2019, which asked participants to address both the building and the adjacent Dolní náměstí. The square already hosted festivals, Christmas […] More
The Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi, designed by Mecanoo in collaboration with Egis Group, Broadway Malyan, Pascall+Watson and Waho Landscape Architects, introduces a major cultural and scientific institution to Saadiyat Island. Completed in 2025, the 35,000-square-metre museum occupies an 82,000-square-metre site encompassing a plaza, gardens and waterfront. Its galleries, educational facilities, laboratories and research spaces […] More
In Évry-Courcouronnes, France, HEMAA has completed the Jacques Prévert Public Services Center, a civic building conceived as a connector between Les Pyramides and Le Bois Sauvage. The project brings municipal, cultural, social and family services together within a single neighborhood hub. CULTURAL The program includes a branch town hall, a parenting center, a 30-cot nursery, […] More
SPECTACLE Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism has developed the Museum of Aboriginal Peoples’ Art and Artifacts, or MOAPAA, for the Portage College campus in Lac La Biche, Alberta. The 1,630-square-meter project will house the most extensive collection devoted to the complete group of artists associated with Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. (PNIAI), founded in Winnipeg […] More
Temporary architecture often receives permission to waste. Short use cycles, fast assembly and event driven programmes can produce structures that disappear without leaving much behind except material loss. THE ICON, conceived and commissioned by Hub Culture and designed and built with BYLD and SKREINSTUDIOS, takes a different route. The pavilion treats temporary construction as a […] More
Zaha Hadid Architects introduces the Songshan Lake Exhibition and Performance Center in Dongguan, within the Greater Bay Area of southern China’s Pearl River estuary. The building forms a civic and cultural anchor within a mixed-use masterplan that aims to renew the Yuehe Lake waterfront. Its program supports national and international events, exhibitions and performances for […] More
COOKFOX Architects has completed the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University, a 30,000-square-foot cultural building dedicated to American music and Bruce Springsteen’s place within that history. The Center brings exhibitions, archives, performance, education, and research into one destination, giving students, scholars, fans, and visitors direct access to music objects, public programs, and […] More
The Espace citoyen des Confluents transforms a former petrochemical brownfield in Laval into a civic landscape that integrates ecological regeneration with public amenity. Projet Paysage, collaborating with Cardin Julien, reimagines a 13-acre site as a living infrastructure that supports social engagement, biodiversity, and stormwater management. The intervention reverses decades of industrial impact, creating a landscape […] More
Ponto C Cultura e Criatividade enters Penafiel with a clear urban intention. The project introduces a new connection to the southern part of the city and redefines how the area relates to its historic center. For years, the site carried the idea of a city divided. This intervention shifts that perception by creating a continuous […] More
Perrault Architecture has completed the Monica C. Gratton Library in Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard, Canada, introducing a new civic space that strengthens cultural life in the municipality. Designed as a modern public institution, the LEED Gold project responds to environmental challenges while improving access to cultural services for residents and visitors. The building also addresses flooding issues previously […] More
Zaha Hadid Architects has been commissioned to design the Qiantang Bay Cultural District in Hangzhou, China, a large-scale civic and cultural development anchored by a new Central Water Axis along the Zhedong Canal. The project transforms former industrial areas within Hangzhou’s Xiaoshan district into a continuous green corridor, positioning landscape, culture, and public life as […] More
Set among low hills in Dun’ao Village, near Ningbo in China’s Zhejiang Province, Down in the Clouds presents a quiet yet unconventional transformation of agricultural land. Designed by Practice on Earth in collaboration with Increments Studio, the project reworks abandoned field structures into a sequence of small cultural interventions that prioritize bodily experience, lightness, and […] More