Kulturväven
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Väven is a cultural center in Umeå, Sweden located next to Ume River. Väven opened in late November 2014, the year that Umeå were one of the two European Capital of Culture. Culture fabric will include several cultural institutions that have been moved from other parts of town, as well as some new cultural initiatives. Building costs, the collaborations that have formed and the relocation of the town library to the new building has caused debate in Umeå.
Key facts
- Building.name
- Väven
- Building.alternate_names
- Kulturväven
- Building.image
- Kulturväven-2014-03-29.jpg
- Building.caption
- Kulturväven photographed from Tegsbron in March 2014.
- Building.cost
- 700 million kronor, excluding the interior.
- Building.location_town
- Umeå
- Building.location_country
- Sweden
- Building.inauguration_date
- 21 November 2014
- Building.architecture_firm
- White arkitekter, Snøhetta
- Building.website
- http://kulturvaven.se/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cultural center
- Award
- Kasper Salin Prize
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Umeå Municipality
- Location
- Umeå
- Official website
- kulturvaven.se
- Image
- Kulturväven-2014-03-29.jpg
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- architect
- White (architecture firm)
- inception
- 2014-00-00
- date of official opening
- 2014-11-21
- Commons category
- Väven, Umeå
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- The Building
- Activities
- References
Väven is a cultural center in Umeå, Sweden located next to Ume River. Väven opened in late November 2014, the year that Umeå were one of the two European Capital of Culture. Culture fabric will include several cultural institutions that have been moved from other parts of town, as well as some new cultural initiatives. Building costs, the collaborations that have formed and the relocation of the town library to the new building has caused debate in Umeå.
== The Building == The building covers most of the block Heimdal and is located in central Umeå, between Storgatan and the Ume River. Väven was built in 2011-2014 as part of the urban development project City between the bridges. The client is Umeå Municipality and the local real estate company Balticgruppen, through the jointly owned company Väven in Umeå AB.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kulturväven” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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