Archello Awards 2023 has revealed its longlist for Cultural Building of the Year. The longlists celebrate the very best architecture projects and building products selected from over 1,000 entries for the very first edition of our awards program. The 14 projects listed here range from refurbishments and conversions to new constructions and span 12 countries including Mexico, Taiwan and the UAE.
Bilya Koort Boodja
Iredale pedersen hook architects
In 1833 the town of Northam was gazetted; with the Ballardong Noongar people suffering intense and bloody repression until 1841 when relations became generally peaceful. In 1905 The Aborigines Act allowed the St...
Buenavista cultural center
padilla nicás arquitectos
Work with Mariluz Sánchez The opportunity to create an urban space that would connect the block's central courtyard with a square located on the adjoining Cartagena street was presented...
GHAF MAJLIS
Etereo Design
The "Ghaf Majlis project" in the UAE stands as a cultural hub where guests gather to converse, exchange news, and connect.
Han Pao-Teh Memorial Museum
KRIS YAO | ARTECH
Han Pao-Teh is widely regarded as a seminal figure in modern architectural theory in Taiwan. In recognition of his significant contributions to the arts, his family commissioned a memorial museum at the Tainan Univers...
Louis Armstrong House Museum Visitor Center
Caples Jefferson Architects
Designed by Caples Jefferson Architects, the new the new Louis Armstrong Center at the internationally renowned Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens, is a place for education, entertainment, and research. It...
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Selldorf Architects
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) in La Jolla traces its origins to philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps. Her last home, a modern oceanfront dwelling completed in 1916 by Irving Gill served as the Muse...
Museum Paleis Het Loo
KAAN Architecten
After winning the commission through a public competition in 2016, KAAN Architecten undertook the renovation and extension of Museum Paleis Het Loo, taking cues from the layout and proportions of the baroque palace an...
New Museum of Ethnography
NAPUR Architect LtD.
The multiple award-winnig new museum building – which is part of Europe’s largest urban-cultural development called Liget Budapest Project - designed by FERENCZ, Marcel; Napur Architect - has dynamic yet s...
Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center
GWWO Architects
THE PEAK Pikes Peak, the most visited of Colorado’s great mountains, has long claimed a powerful hold on the public imagination. Nearly a million people each year ascend to the summit, whe...
QMM Cultural Center
MATERIA
The project began with a commission for a parking lot structure. Yet the existing house-museum and the pavilion marked an opportunity to capitalize on their legacy, key location and the growing attractive of Merida as...
The Gilbert & George Centre
SIRS Architects
SIRS Architects have converted a former industrial building in London’s East End into Gilbert & George’s art foundation, breathing new life into the historic fabric of the area and seeking to immerse v...
Woyun Platform, Longmenshan Town, Pengzhou, China
Archermit
Lying 50 kilometers to the north of Chengdu, the majestic Longmenshan Mountains and Min River cut a swathe across the rich fields of Sichuan province, creating in their stead two distinctly different worlds: the Cheng...
