Cultural Architecture
Simplex Architecture Turns a 1970s Church in Chuncheon into an Intimate Black Box Theater
A corrugated metal skin and structural reinforcement give new life to a decommissioned church on a prominent civic axis in South Korea.
TAISEI DESIGN Sculpts a Concrete Landform on the Kobe Waterfront to House an Aquarium and Food Hall
Kobe Port Museum channels the tectonic history of Japan's seismic coast into a faceted concrete volume holding 60 aquarium tanks and a rooftop garden.
SANAA Steps a Cluster of Glass and Limestone Pavilions Down a Sydney Hillside Toward the Harbour
The Sydney Modern Museum transforms the Art Gallery of New South Wales with 40,000 square metres of galleries, tanks, and terraces above wartime ruins.
MAD Architects Spirals a Science Museum Around Three Cores on the Edge of a Hainan Wetland
A biomorphic tower of 843 FRP panels rises six stories above reflecting pools in Haikou's Free-Trade Port district, turning science education inside out.
SCOB Tucks a 300-Seat Amphitheatre into the Clearings of Catalonia's Santa Clotilde Gardens
An open-air theatre in Lloret de Mar extends the noucentista logic of one of Spain's most visited historic landscapes.
Atelier Wen'Arch Turns a Qing Dynasty Study into a Meditation Art Space in Rural Huizhou
A 108-square-meter adaptive reuse project in Zhongxin Village layers brass, warm light, and restraint over late Qing brick and earth walls.
Atelier XÜK Wraps a Rural Chinese Village Center in Mint Green Corrugated Metal
A plaza renovation in Huizhou, Guangdong, weaves heritage pavilions, a library, and communal terraces around an ancient banyan tree.
FAB Architects and Unes Architectes Revive a 1930s Neighborhood Cinema in Clermont-Ferrand
A geotextile canopy and textile-lined auditorium restore Le Rio's identity as a communal alternative to the multiplex.
CSADI Carves a Jade Blade into the Qinling Mountains for China's First Ecology Museum
A 43,788 square meter terraced museum in Shangluo draws its form from a Xia Dynasty artifact and steps down toward the valley below.
CSWADI Sculpts a Cloverleaf Pavilion for Chengdu's 2024 International Horticultural Exhibition
A 23,000 square meter undulating canopy of golden soffits and branching columns dissolves the boundary between building and botanical landscape in eastern
gmp Architects Plants a Metal-Clad Science Museum on the Edge of Jiaozhou Bay
A 40,000 square meter cultural cube on Hong Island channels Qingdao's marine identity through architecture oriented entirely toward the sea.
Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Build a Shtetl from Memory in the Lithuanian Countryside
A cluster of 40,000 aluminum-shingled roofs in Šeduva reimagines a Jewish village erased overnight in 1941.