Katuaq

Also known as Concert Hall

Katuaq () is a cultural centre in Nuuk, Greenland. It is used for concerts, exhibitions, conferences, and as a cinema. Designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen, it was constructed as a joint project of the Greenland Home Rule Government, the Nuuk Municipal Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers and was inaugurated on 15 February 1997.

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Building.name: Katuaq
Building.alternate_names: Grønlands Kulturhus
Building.image: Katuaq2008.JPG
Building.caption: The undulating perimeter screen
Building.architectural_style: Modernism
Building.client: Nuuk Municipality
Building.address: Imaneq 21 3900 Nuuk
Building.location_town: Nuuk
Building.location_country: Greenland
Building.construction_start_date: 1994
Building.completion_date: 1997
Building.inauguration_date: February 15, 1997
Building.floor_area: 4800 square metres
Building.architect: Schmidt Hammer Lassen

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Official website: www.katuaq.gl
Image: Katuaq2008.JPG

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Commons category: Katuaq
inception: 1997-00-00
street address: Imaneq 21

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==Building== Katuaq is an L-shaped building with an undulating, backward-leaning screen facing onto Nuuk's central urban space. It is raised above the ground and clad in golden larch wood on both the inside and outside. The screen is inspired by the northern lights. This second skin also creates a contrast to the building proper. Between the perimeter screen and the core building lies the large foyer with three white freestanding elements in the shapes of a triangle, square, and circle.