Open Air Theatre
Outdoor and temporary theatrical spaces that bring performance and cultural experience into public environments.
Opera By The Sea: Opera House Architecture That Makes Art a Public Experience
Opera By The Sea reimagines opera house architecture as a transparent waterfront stage where artists, audiences, culture and city life meet.
A FABRiCA and CGZ Architecture Fold a Corsican Hillside into an Open-Air Theater and Cultural Center
In Corbara, a 450-square-meter building dissolves into terraced ground, connecting village lanes to a panoramic rooftop plaza facing the Balagne landscape.
Vidic Grohar Converts a Ljubljana Industrial Hall into a Temporary National Theater
A former 1960s factory in the Litostroj district becomes Slovenia's interim stage, built fast with CLT panels designed to be reused.
Vidic Grohar Converts a Ljubljana Industrial Hall into a Temporary Theater in Ten Months
An abandoned 1960s factory in Slovenia's capital becomes a 361-seat national theater built from reusable CLT panels and recycled materials.
a-works and Kolab Arkitekter Turn Theater Gear into Furniture for an Oslo Foyer
Inside an old chocolate factory, pipe clamps, light filters, and glass racks become a reconfigurable social space for Black Box Theatre.
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.
Haworth Tompkins Gives Wales' Largest Producing Theater a Timber-Framed Second Act
A deep retrofit of the Grade II-listed Theatr Clwyd on a North Wales hillside swaps brute concrete for warm larch glulam and CLT.
Snøhetta Turns a Brutalist Theater Outside Paris into a Glowing Urban Lantern
The Nanterre-Amandiers renovation folds park, city, and public life into a 10,000 m² glass-and-concrete stage for cultural democracy.
Mungo Park Theatre by Christensen & Co. Architects
Contemporary theatre in Lillerød featuring a modular wooden façade, glowing light strips, and flexible interior spaces designed for immersive performances.
Opera Truck
Mobile multi-functional stages - take the theatre into the street
Open-Air Theater Lantsch by Invias AG: A Temporary Timber Landmark in the Swiss Alps
A temporary timber theater in Lantsch harmonizing with nature, showcasing sustainable design, circular construction, and cultural celebration within the Swiss Alps.
Theatre by Cheng Tsung FENG Design Studio: Reviving Taiwan’s Bamboo Stage Tradition
Cheng Tsung FENG’s Theatre revives Taiwan’s bamboo opera tradition, creating an immersive, interactive outdoor installation blending heritage, craftsmanship, and contemporary design.
