2024-12-24T08:40:15-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149973490/the-2016-2017-amazing-expanding-arts-universe Nam Henderson 2016-10-12T23:53:00-04:00 >2016-10-15T23:17:41-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/to/towfp7p4ubm7hcic.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Between now and next fall, Mr. Holl&rsquo;s office will dedicate five major arts projects in the United States. In the same period, dozens of new cultural commissions will open around the world, many by the biggest names in the architectural business, including David Adjaye, Herzog &amp; de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas/OMA, Thomas Heatherwick, Fumihiko Maki, Mecanoo, and Robert A. M. Stern.</p></em><br /><br /><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/pt/ptqmmh684o2fhn83.jpg"></p><p>Despite earlier&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/102707442/why-cities-should-be-more-skeptical-of-new-cultural-centers-and-expansions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">predictions</a> and <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/104329867/chinese-museum-building-boom-slightly-slows" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rumors</a> to the contrary, Reed Kroloff reports on the&nbsp;<strong>Millions of Square Feet, Billions of Dollars</strong>: (from the new Tate Modern and&nbsp;Elbphilharmonie, to&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mecanoo.nl/Projects/project/54/National-Kaohsiung-Center-for-the-Arts-Wei-Wu-Ying?t=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Kaohsiung Arts Center</a>&nbsp;in Taiwan)&nbsp;of&nbsp;new cultural commissions.</p>