Cultural architecture
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Touring St Petersburg’s New Holland Island and its ongoing transformationNew Holland Island is a historic artificial island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, dating from the 18th century. Now, under an architect's guidance, development continues apace, transforming it into a vibrant cultural hub
By Tom Seymour Last updated
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The Africa Centre reopens to celebrate culture and communityThe Africa Centre has reopened to a design by London-based architecture studio Freehaus, and is ready to support community and cultural exchange from its new Southwark home
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Didier Faustino’s honeycomb-like design for Alumnos 47 art foundation revealedBy Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Star system: Renzo Piano’s highly anticipated Centro Botín completes in SantanderBy Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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For the love of film: EM2N transform the Cinematheque SuisseBy Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Mecanoo’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts thrusts Taiwan into a cultural golden ageBy TF Chan Last updated
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Old and new in perfect harmony as WWM unveils Nevill Holt Opera theatreBy Clare Dowdy Last updated
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Centre stage: the Design Society in Shenzhen is a platform for urban lifeBy Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Sprawling cultural complex in Suzhou dissolves into the landscapeArchitectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has designed a new HQ for the Cyrus Tang Foundation in mainland China
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Tadao Ando and François Pinault win Best Double Act: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2021Tadao Ando and François Pinault have been awarded the Best Double Act at the 2021 Wallpaper* Design Awards. Here, they discuss their joint work over 20 years, and the upcoming opening of the Bourse de Commerce in Paris
By Amy Serafin Last updated
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Tadao Ando-designed Wrightwood 659 exhibition space opens in ChicagoBy Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Centre stage: Aberrant Architecture create a public platform for performance in SwanseaBy Elly Parsons Last updated
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Public hero: Archohm’s Jai Prakash Narayan Interpretation Centre opens in LucknowBy Noor Dasmesh Singh Last updated
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Undulating roof defines organic-inspired Chinese arts centreBeijing-based architect Zhu Pei is behind the Yang Liping Performing Arts Center in Dali, a cultural hub defined by its sculptural, undulating roof
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Circular timber performing arts centre by Studio Seilern opens at Wellington CollegeBy Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Cultural powerhouse: Flores Prats and Duch-Pizá overhaul Casal Balaguer, PalmaBy Shonquis Moreno Last updated
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Revolutionary glass façade wraps around Hong Kong's K11 Art & Cultural CentreExplore the new undulating installation at the architecturally intriguing K11 Art & Cultural Centre in Hong Kong’s Victoria Dockside
By Catherine Shaw Last updated
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Tasmania’s The Hedberg bridges old and new through culture and architectureThe Hedberg, Hobart’s sparkling new creative arts complex, celebrates its opening in Tasmania to a design by local studio Liminal and Singapore-based WOHA
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Christchurch’s Te Pae centre reopens celebrating all New ZealandersChristchurch's Te Pae Convention and Exhibition Centre opens its doors again thanks to architects Woods Bagot and Warren & Mahoney, and arts, culture and heritage advocate Puamiria Parata-Goodall
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Opening act: Studio Seilern breaks ground on Berkshire performing arts centreBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Seneca Arts and Culture Centre opens in upstate New YorkBy Sam Lubell Last updated
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Concrete mass: welcome to São Paulo’s newest cultural centreBy Sara Sturges Last updated
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Rand Elliott’s Oklahoma Contemporary draws on the region’s light and skyClad in an innovative and multi-functional recycled aluminum skin and enhanced by unusually angled volumes and interior galleries, the new Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center by Rand Elliott Architects completes
By Siska Lyssens Last updated
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Undulating Inuit art centre Qaumajuq opens in WinnipegQaumajuq, the new Inuit art centre in Winnipeg, Canada is an undulating cultural hub designed by Michael Maltzan to display and celebrate contemporary work by Inuit artists
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Helsinki’s Pikku-Finlandia temporary event space is a student project come to lifePikku-Finlandia, a sustainable, temporary wood event space, has opened to the public in Helsinki – and it’s born of the ambitious thesis of two students, Jaakko Torvinen and Elli Wendelin, featured in Wallpaper’s 2022 Graduate Directory
By Nasra Abdullahi Last updated
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Open architecture on building and China’s cultural landscapeOpen Architecture’s perfectly considered projects either disappear into the landscape or become new landmarks
By Yoko Choy Last updated
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Galaxy quest: Cooke Fawcett Architects make Peckham Observatory a star attractionBy Clare Dowdy Last updated


