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Mecanoo's National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts in Taiwan celebrates grand opening

2018-10-19T19:22:00-04:00

Opening night finally arrived for Taiwan's new National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts on October 13. Located on a former military training base in Weiwuying Park, the Mecanoo-designed building houses a 2,236-seat Opera House, a 1,981-seat Concert Hall, a 1,210-seat Playhouse, a 434-seat Recital Hall, and an Outdoor Theater. At the heart of the building is the publicly accessible Banyan Plaza, where events can take place.

Photo: Iwan Baan.

“Inspired by the beauty of the local Banyan trees with their iconic canopies of leaves, the vast, undulating structure is composed of a unique skin and roof under which generous free spaces can flow,” Mecanoo Founding Partner Francine Houben previously described.

Photo: Shawn Liu Studio.

Photo: Sytze Boonstra.

Photo: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying).

Photo: Ethan Lee.

Opening festivities began with a special ceremony featuring addresses from President of Taiwan Tsai Ing...

Gas Pipelines Explode in Taiwan City Killing 24

2014-08-01T14:26:00-04:00

Multiple gas pipeline explosions have killed 24 people and injured 257 others in Taiwan's second city, emergency officials said. Witnesses said Thursday's blast in Kaohsiung sent flames shooting 15 storeys into the air, and entire blocks, packed with shops and apartment buildings, were set ablaze [...] The director of the Central Disaster Emergency Operation Centre, said the leaking gas had been identified as propene, meaning that the resulting fires could not be extinguished by water.

Kaohsiung Port Terminal by Reiser + Umemoto in more detail

2013-12-07T02:44:00-05:00

In our last update, Reiser + Umemoto celebrated the groundbreaking of the Kaohsiung Port Terminal in Kaohsiung, Taiwan this past November. Although there aren't any construction photos in the meantime, you can get a better look of the yet-to-be-built terminal with plenty of awesome images we recently received from the firm.

For more, head over to Bustler.

Images courtesy of Reiser + Umemoto.

Reiser + Umemoto announces groundbreaking of Kaohsiung Port Terminal

2013-11-08T15:47:00-05:00

After two years of planning, Reiser + Umemoto announced the groundbreaking of the Kaohsiung Port Terminal happening this month in the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The architecture firm won the 2010 international competition to design the cruise ship terminal and port service center. Reiser + Umemoto also celebrated the groundbreaking of another major Taiwanese development they won, the Taipei Pop Music Center, on June 19, 2013.

AGER Group’s Winning Kaohsiung Port Station Proposal

2011-08-03T20:01:48-04:00

We recently published one of the two winning entries to the Kaohsiung Port Station Urban Design competition by De Architekten Cie. Here is now also the second of two entries that managed to win the jury's highest praise, the Excellence Award, by AGER Group’s Boston Studio.

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De Architekten Cie. Wins Kaohsiung Port Station Urban Design Competition

2011-07-14T17:49:33-04:00

Amsterdam-based practice De Architekten Cie. has won the open international Kaohsiung Port Station Urban Design competition in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The competition was initiated by the city government of Kaohsiung to transform the derelict site of the old railyards and port station from a barrier between two important areas of the city into a connective piece of the urban fabric.

Kaohsiung Port Terminal Proposal by Asymptote Architecture

2010-12-16T12:21:00-05:00

The winners of the Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Center International Competition were announced last Friday with Reiser + Umemoto's concept taking the First Prize. Yesterday Bustler published the winner of the Second Prize by Hani Rashid & Lise Anne Couture of Asymptote Architecture in collaboration with Kris Yao of Artech Architects.

The winners of the Kaohsiung Port and Cruise Service Center International Competition were announced last Friday with Reiser + Umemoto's concept taking the First Prize. Yesterday Bustler published the winner of the Second Prize by Hani Rashid & Lise Anne Couture of Asymptote Architecture in collaboration with Kris Yao of Artech Architects.