Archinect - News 2024-12-22T05:38:45-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/142282568/rem-koolhaas-to-design-manchester-arts-center-the-factory Rem Koolhaas to design Manchester arts center, "The Factory" Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-11-30T14:46:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/u9/u9u0gaiwlrgpcjlc.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Rem Koolhaas/OMA will design The Factory, the proposed &pound;110 million (approx. US$166.3 million) Manchester Arts Centre in England. Koolhaas won the commission ... over fellow starchitects including Zaha Hadid, Mecanoo, Grimshaw Architects, Rafael Vi&ntilde;oly, DS+R, and Haworth Tompkins. [...] Named after the Manchester-based record label, The Factory is described as a cutting-edge, flexible cultural institution that ... will also be a major component in the cultural redevelopment of the city.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>