Wutopia Lab wraps Chinese arts centre in translucent mesh
Translucent mesh informed by mosquito nets wraps the forms of Flickering Peak, an arts centre in Hainan, China, by architecture studio Wutopia Lab. More
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro designs art centre with "super lobby" in New Mexico
A stepped facade and a level almost completely wrapped in glass feature in the design of an arts and technology centre in New Mexico by architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro. More
Neri&Hu captures "spirit of traditional alleyways" at Shanghai arts centre
Rows of arches and barrel vaults reference Shanghai's historic alleyways at New Bund Performing Arts Centre, completed by local architecture studio Neri&Hu. More
Kengo Kuma & Associates adds sweeping canopy to Lisbon art centre
Architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has completed the Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian extension in Lisbon, which is defined by a wood-clad canopy that draws on Japanese architecture. More
Swooping roofs of Beijing Art Centre evoke the site's granary history
Architecture studios Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Perkins&Will have completed a multi-functional art centre in Beijing, referencing the shape of a granary that once occupied the site. More
Prokš Přikryl Architekti transforms historic mill in Czech Republic into arts centre
Local studio Prokš Přikryl Architekti has converted a historic brick mill building in the Czech Republic into an arts centre, inserting galleries into its cavernous concrete grain silos. More
Schmidt Hammer Lassen transforms cement factory into West Bund Dome Art Center
Danish architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has adaptively reused a domed cement factory in Shanghai, China, to create a performing arts and sports venue. More
3XN designs South Korean arts centre to evoke "dancer's pointed toe"
Sweeping roofs that symbolise movement and artistic expression will drape across Chungnam Art Center, which Danish studio 3XN is designing in South Korea. More
Earth bricks shape Bidi Bidi Performing Arts Centre for refugees in Uganda
Architecture studios Hassell and Localworks have collaborated with the creative platform To.org to create a performing arts centre for the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in Uganda. More
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Dezeen Agenda features a "bulging" arts centre at Brighton College
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a performing arts centre designed by Dutch Studio Krft. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More
Krft sculpts "bulging" form for Brighton College arts centre
A combination of grey brick and flint clads the sculptural exterior of this performing arts centre, which Dutch studio Krft has created for a college in Brighton, UK. More
Buzz creates subterranean Hermit Space galleries in Beijing park
Architecture studio Buzz has transformed three sunken courtyards created for an underground car park into gallery, event and activity spaces for Beijing MAHA Arts Centre in China. More
Sameep Padora & Associates creates flowing concrete form for Indian arts space
Terracotta-coloured render made from local soil covers the curving, concrete structure of Hampi Art Labs, an arts centre in Karnataka by architecture studio Sameep Padora & Associates. More
Hill-like concrete forms shape arts centre in China by DUO
Chinese studio DUO has completed Nanchang OCT Contemporary Arts Centre, a series of exhibition spaces housed in stepped concrete forms with accessible green roofs. More
MAD designs Nanhai Art Center to emulate "continuous wave of water"
Architecture studio MAD has revealed its design for an arts centre on a waterfront site in Guangdong, China, which will have an undulating form modelled on moving water. More
Wallmakers punctuates arts centre roof with skylight seating
Architecture studio Wallmakers has reimagined a traditional roof by adding skylights that double as seating for an arts centre and home in Kerala, India. More
D/Dock creates immersive exhibition space inside 19th-century Amsterdam gasworks
Creative studio D/Dock has transformed a hall inside Amsterdam's former Westergasfabriek gasworks into Fabrique des Lumières – billed as the largest immersive art centre in the Netherlands. More
New Makers Bureau completes rammed-earth arts centre in Kampala
Rammed-earth walls and earth bricks define 32° East Arts Centre, a community arts space in Uganda by London architecture practice New Makers Bureau in collaboration with Ugandan design firm Localworks. More
Spiralling ramp surrounds arts centre in China by Syn Architects
A spiralling ramp creates an unfolding, experiential route for visitors through the Tiangang Arts Center, a combined art gallery and hotel in China's Hebei Province designed by Syn Architects. More
East Quay arts centre in Watchet takes cues from ad-hoc harbour buildings
A grassroots community group in Somerset, England, has built a seaside art centre featuring an eclectic design by architecture office Invisible Studio. More