Cultural center

The new Cherokee Heritage Center renews a 43-acre site in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, returning the grounds of the former Cherokee Female Seminary to active cultural use. Developed over a multi-year engagement with the Cherokee Nation, the project brings together a museum, educational and genealogical spaces, a research center, and areas for community gathering. Image by Mir Image by Mir A series of pavilions are arranged across the site in direct response to the existing topography and woodland. Their placement creates a connected sequence of interior rooms, outdoor spaces, and paths that move through the trees. The tallest pavilion rises above the tree line to serve as a visual landmark, while the pavilion walls incorporate materials... More

Almaty Theatre is a multifunctional cultural complex located in the southern part of Almaty, Kazakhstan, against the foothill landscape of the Trans-Ili Alatau. Completed in 2022, the 13,990 m² building was designed by Basire Design as a place where architecture, performance, education and public life come together within a single spatial system. Basire Design Basire Design Basire Design Basire Design The architecture is composed of fluid, layered volumes that respond to the scale of the surrounding landscape. Light-colored stone gives the building a sculptural and monumental character, while extensive glazing visually reduces its mass and opens the public interiors toward the city and the mountains. Basire Desi... More

Fushou Tower, a landmark at Fushou Yuan Cemetery in Qingpu, Shanghai, has helped shape China’s evolving approach to indoor interment since the cemetery’s founding in 1994. The renovation of its seventh and eighth floors reimagines the columbarium as a place not defined by loss, but by continuity, warmth, and reflection. ©EVA ARCHITECTS ©XU LILI and EVA ARCHITECTS The project challenges the fear and visual heaviness commonly associated with death and traditional indoor burial. Drawing on a Chinese understanding of remembrance, it choreographs a spatial dialogue between time, the living, and those who have passed through three sequential gestures: Looking Up, Looking Back, and Looking Toward One Another. &c... More

Aero Grove is a public cultural center designed for a prominent green space adjacent to the Harvard University campus in Boston. This site is a vital communal area regularly frequented by students, professors, and local residents, for reading, post-class discussions, and leisure. It serves as one of the most important public gathering spaces in the neighborhood. The design explores how a large-scale structure can humbly integrate into the urban fabric. Xinyun Li Xinyun Li Xinyun Li Xinyun Li Placing a cultural building in such a highly utilized public zone calls for more than simply fulfilling programmatic needs, it requires a deep sense of social responsibility toward the community and the city. At the urban scale, the... More

The project is conceived as a layered cultural landscape that connects architecture, memory, and territory while preserving the site’s geological and historical identity. At its core, a subterranean museum route links Ithra with key landmarks, including historic wells, the Sweet Gas Plant, and the Italian Wall, forming a continuous spatial and narrative sequence beneath the ground. Peter Pichler Architecture The underground path is accompanied by a 1.4-kilometre light installation inspired by early geological explorations. Above ground, the surrounding Jebels are integrated into the project through a network of hiking trails, viewpoints, and former water tanks reprogrammed as exhibition and gathering spaces, extending the experi... More

Arch-Exist   Humanities, Science, Technology, Art and Nature   As the central building of Midea Group's new headquarters, the Midea Science Center uses the space, materials, quality, and precision of the building to create a unique space that blends technology and art, conveying the philosophy of “perfection in technology, beauty in life.” Arch-Exist   The location of Midea Science Center is highly significant, situated at the core of Midea Group's office complex and adjacent to the He Art Museum, forming a convergence point between scientific innovation and humanistic art. In terms of layout, the Midea Science Center aligns with the main circular building axis of the Midea headquarters and the He A... More

The Cultural Center in Yerevan is located at the heart of a sports complex for Paralympic athletes a commission that placed accessibility at the very center of the architectural problem, not at its margins. Yerevan is a city caught between classical grandeur and modernist ambition. The cultural center had to belong to both worlds and serve athletes who depend absolutely on the quality of its spatial organization. The core concept was simple in its ambition and complex in its execution: to make the ramp the architecture itself, not an add-on to it. The entire building is generated by a continuous circulation path at a constant 3% slope, enabling full mobility for Paralympic athletes from entry to every program element  museum rooms de... More

Designed by the architecture firm Königsberger Vannucchi, the Sesc Avenida Paulista unit, opened in 2018, stands out as an extension of the avenue itself, establishing itself as a free territory to be appropriated by the general public. Among its structural characteristics, the concept unfolds in the large access points, the various social interaction areas – with internal squares and a rooftop terrace – and even in the choice of materials, such as the use of non-reflective glass. The choice of this material, combined with zinc panels on the façade, reveals the various activities carried out inside the building. Architecture is only complete when activated by the flow of people, and for this relationship, the entire... More

The South façade, located along Avenue Louis Bréguet — a major axis characterized by heavy traffic — strongly asserts the building’s presence. Ruault It follows the natural curvature of the site and expresses the project’s principal volumes, notably the stage and stage tower of the main hall, as well as the large rehearsal and dance studios. Ruault In contrast, the North façade, facing the Place des Arts, the Stadium, and the town center, adopts a softer and more fluid architectural language. Ruault Defined by a supple geometry and a largely glazed surface, it acts as a true showcase for the center, open and welcoming toward the surrounding public spaces. More

The creation of this cultural center stems from the need for a functional facility capable of bringing together services currently scattered throughout the town, in order to better serve local residents. Located in an historic bastide now identified as an area facing social and economic challenges, the project represents a first step in the renewal of Villefranche-de-Rouergue’s town center. It is conceived as an inclusive place, particularly attentive to disadvantaged populations, dedicated to sharing, education and cultural life. Mars architectes This project is not limited to a single programmatic identity. It is neither solely a library, a media library, a games room, nor an exhibition hall, but all of these at once. It can b... More

Loods M is an international maritime hotspot for innovation, learning, and experience. More than a building, it is a catalyst for the cultural and economic regeneration of the marine identity of the port city of Maassluis. New developments are necessary because the economic vitality and attractiveness of the historic city center are under pressure. Ecological, economic, and social sustainability are the starting points of this future-oriented urban development. Loods M plays a key role in fostering intergenerational collaboration and sustainable innovations by applying knowledge from the past in a contemporary and future-oriented way that celebrates Maassluis's past and future.  Plomp ‘Reincarnation’ of a ShipThe rich... More

‘Shelter on the ruins’ by ‘WORS architects’ is a conceptual project of museum the ‘Nossa-Senhora-da-Luz’ Fortress. It is located in Peniche, Portugal among powerful natural landscapes. Built in the XVII century, the fortress was an important strategic point along the coastal defense system of the peninsula. The ruins of the fortress, destroyed by the wind and the ocean, emerge from the landscape with steep cliffs that break into the ocean. The architectural invention urges to emphasize and celebrate this remarkable site, it provides a unique and memorable experience for each visitor. WORS architects The borderline location of the ruins of the fortress at the junction of the rich natural landscape,... More

Desert Accommodation is a conceptual project for a contemporary guesthouse and cultural center located on the edge of the Saudi desert. Conceived as a minimalist oasis, the project explores the relationship between architecture, landscape, and climate, responding to the vast scale, silence, and extreme environmental conditions of the desert. The architectural concept is based on a clear functional structure and an immersive spatial experience that emphasizes monumentality and restraint. Low-rise monolithic concrete volumes are arranged into strict geometric compositions that echo the massiveness of dunes and their ever-changing tones. Rather than competing with the landscape, the architecture seeks to dissolve into it, allowing the desert... More

GO-GO MUSICGo-Go was born in the liberatory atmosphere of 1968, within Washington D.C.’s Black neighborhoods. For decades it remained a cornerstone of the city’s African American social and cultural life, supported by clubs, concerts, and independent businesses that built an ecosystem around the music. The genre’s pioneer, Chuck Brown—known as The Godfather of Go-Go—defined its character in 1976 as a fusion of African and Latin percussion with funk, jazz, hip-hop, and R&B. Its most distinctive feature is the uninterrupted “beat” that flows without pause. Rather than breaking between songs, the rhythm—driven by drums, cowbells, and percussion—continues seamlessly. Altug Kozikoglu... More