Key：Netherlands

项目概况:

The Haus der Kulturen der Welt ("House of the Cultures of the World") in Berlin was designed in 1957 by the American architect Hugh Stubbins as a part of the International Building Exhibition. Now it has become the most international part as Germany’s national centre for the presentation and discussion of international contemporary arts, with a special focus on non-European cultures and societies. The unique style is known as “The pregnant oyster” for the roof floating towards two directions, as the parabolic of the gravity. It was formerly known as the Kongresshalle conference hall, a gift from the United States. And in 1987 it started to open to the public as a multifunctional center and presents art exhibitions, theater and dance performances, concerts, author readings, films and academic conferences on Visual Art and culture. Outside the entrance, Henry Moore’s heaviest bronze sculpture, Large Divided Oval: Butterfly (1985-86), stands in the middle of a circular basin. Weighing nearly nine tons, it was his final major work, completed just before he died.