Best cultural spaces of 2018

Our cream of the crop of cultural venues all share one common feature – an expertly executed roof. From thatch to concrete and tile to amphitheatre, we continue our run down of the Best of 2018.

Wadden Sea Centre by Dorte Mandrup

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Dorte Mandrup, Wadden Sea Centre, roof detail section

Thick thatch is carved to ceate the striking roof of Dorte Mandrup’s visitor centre for the Wadden Sea mashland in Ribe, Denmark – a UNESCO protected habitat for migrating birds. The locally harvested water reeds used for the roof offer a direct connection to the site, which completed in 2017 and is approaching its first year in use.

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Amos Rex Museum by JKMM

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JKMM, Amos Rex, Helsinki, 2018. Ph Hannu Rytky

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Five tentacle-like protrusions stretch in opposing directions in a square to bring light down into the Amos Rex art museum extension below. The tiled manmade hills, or canons de lumière, double as a resting spot for visitors to the gallery in Helsinki, Finland.

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National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts by Mecanoo

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, plan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, floor plan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, second floor plan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, section of the Banyan Plaza

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, section of the concert hall and recital hall

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, section of the Lyric Theatre

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, section of the Playhouse

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, diagram

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, sketch

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, sketch

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, sketch

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, sketch

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2018. Photo Iwan Baan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, plan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, floor plan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, second floor plan

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, section of the Banyan Plaza

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, section of the concert hall and recital hall

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, section of the Lyric Theatre

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, section of the Playhouse

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Mecanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, diagram

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, sketch

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, sketch

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, sketch

Kaohsiung. Mecanoo’s huge performing arts centre is inspired by banyan trees

With its 140,000 sqm, the building interprets the clustering trees, linking five performance spaces under one roof.

Macanoo architecten, Weiwuying, Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, sketch

An amphitheatre is sunken into the roof of Mecanoo’s cultural centre in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, which dips down to meet a vast subtropical park. The centre brings together Taiwan's national theatre, concert tall under one great undulating roof.

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