The concrete and glass Dallas City Performance Hall (DCPH) houses a 750-seat proscenium performance hall and support spaces under a series of linked linear pavilions with lyrically curving roofs. Arch.: SOM, Chicago

Crystal Bridges is both a museum and a cultural center. The project is located in a ravine with a creek fed by Crystal Springs. Structures serve as dams as well as bridges. Arch.: Safdie Architects

The Grand Theater occupies the key position in the newly built Culture Park of Tianjin/China. The circular shape of the roof construction corresponds with the existing Museum of Natural History. Arch.: gmp Architekten, Hamburg.

The Museum takes literal and figurative cues from the architectural fabric and the vibrant history of the neighborhood to create a unique institution. Arch.: Perkins Eastman, New York

The architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) have been awarded first prize in the international competition to build the Culture Center in the newly created Changzhou city center.

The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Azerbaijan's capital Baku at Crystal Hall. Alpine Bau Deutschland GmbH, the general contractor for the project, was contracted to design and implement a multipurpose event-venue. Arch.: gmp-Architects

The conference center - the largest in Italy - follows an innovative concept in that it combines conferences with exhibitions; at the same time it is also an urban design pilot project for a cultural center nearby. Arch.: gmp Architects, Hamburg

The conversion and extension of the Chinese National Museum combines the former Chinese History Museum with the Chinese Revolutionary Museum. Arch.: gmp Architects, Hamburg

In Leipzig, the German National Library‘s latest extension has opened after an almost four-year construction period. Founded in 1912, this is the library‘s fourth extension. Arch.: Gabriele Glöckler and ZSP Architekten architecture

In May 2011, the official opening of the Peter Minuit Plaza and the dedication of the New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion took place in Battery Park, New York. Arch.: Un Studio Amsterdam