Cultural Center

Explore 7 award-winning designs tagged Cultural Center on Cool Design News.

Brand: ZEHUA ZHANG Project Type: Cultural Center Tag: Architecture

Time Catalyst

Time Catalyst is a proposal that adapts a former winery in Valencia for public cultural use. The design retains the existing structure and brick wall while introducing additional openings to improve light, access, and connections between interior and exterior. By removing portions of the roof, the designer creates an internal courtyard that brings daylight and landscape into the building. The interior accommodates studios, exhibitions, and community activities, balancing preservation with selective interventions to allow the building to remain in use.

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Brand: Irakli Emiridze Project Type: Cultural Center Tag: Architecture

Batumi Chess Palace

The Batumi Chess Palace is a landmark cultural center in Georgia, designed as a premier destination for chess enthusiasts. The building's design draws inspiration from an unfolded chessboard, with the black and white facade pattern reflecting this theme. A large scale chess piece sculpture at the entrance further emphasizes the connection to the game, making the space both functional and symbolic.

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Brand: Di Mo Project Type: Cultural Center Tag: Architecture

Mountain Waves

Mountain Waves is a cultural center in Maotai, Guizhou, China. The building sits between two hills, and its form follows the wave-like shape of the surrounding mountains. The design applies principles of Shanshui art, which show mountains, water and people in a harmonious relationship. Traditional Chinese spatial types such as alleys, courtyards and halls guide the layout. A central alley divides the center into two parts and links the north and south entrances. Local fire bricks, perforated metal panels, wood, steel and glass are used.

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Brand: Yuting Zhang Project Type: Cultural Center Tag: Architecture

Device of Perception

Device of Perception is a cultural center in Mexico City, set between a low rise historic quarter and a high rise commercial development. The center covers about 4500 square meters and holds a lecture hall, a small theater, exhibition space, offices, storage and a cafe. A sunken entrance plaza separates the building from the busy avenue and serves as an extension of the interior stage. Each floor of the short tower is twisted a quarter turn, forming a spiral public gallery with framed views of the city. Reinforced concrete and weathering steel are used.

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Brand: QUAD studio Project Type: Cultural Center Tag: Architecture

Medieval Rethink

Medieval Rethink was a response to a private commission to build a Cultural Centre for a small undisclosed village in the Guangdong Province, which dates back 900 years to the Song Dynasty. A four storey, 7000 sqm development is centred around an ancient rock formation known as the Ding Qi Stone, a symbol of the origin of the village. The project’s design concept is based on showcasing the history and culture of the ancient village whilst linking the old and the new. The Cultural Centre stands as a reinterpretation of an ancient village and a transformation into contemporary architecture.

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Brand: Chrysi Vrantsi Project Type: Cultural Center Tag: Architecture

Argo

Argo cultural center is located by the lake Kati in the heart of the mountain Olympus in Greece.The building is named after the ship Argo. The purpose of the building is to make a connection between Man, Art and Nature. Argo makes use of the resources of the natural environment. The structure is a combination of steel frame and reinforced concrete. The objectives of the research are to create a building which is sustainable and uses materials in a futuristic design.The project is influenced by the geographical features, the social features as well as the history of the site.

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Brand: Haobo Wei & Jingsong Xie Project Type: Cultural Center Tag: Architecture

Shui

Located in China in Southern Guizhou Province, Shui Cultural Center is a gateway to Sandu County, the land of the Shui ethnic minority. West-line studio’s goal with this building was to turn the Shui’s ritual elements and atmosphere into a public space. A thin bronze skin creates a contrast with the heavy concrete structure, breaking the sunlight to create a dramatic effect once inside. After visitors pass the open water square the Cultural Center presents a succession of three spaces, strongly characterized by pitched roofs, which evoke the Shui’s mountain pictogram.

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