Architecture center
Architecture centers , architecture museums and architecture forums are cultural institutions that aim to impart knowledge about architecture , urban planning and building culture to a broad population. To do this, they use various means such as exhibitions, lectures, panel discussions, excursions and more. Often they also offer special programs for children, schools and kindergartens. The architecture education as part of the field of art education provides the scientific background of this knowledge.
Centers and museums in Germany (selection)
- Augsburg : Architecture Museum Swabia
- Berlin :
- Bremen : b.zb - Bremen Center for Building Culture
- Frankfurt am Main : DAM - German Architecture Museum
- Freiburg im Breisgau : Architecture Forum
- Gelsenkirchen : European house of urban culture
- Hamburg : AC - Architektur Centrum
- Karlsruhe : saai - Southwest German archive for architecture and civil engineering
- Kassel : Kassel Architecture Center
- Cologne : House of Architecture Cologne
- Constance : Architecture Forum Constance-Kreuzlingen
- Lübeck : ArchitekturForumLübeck eV
- Munich : AM - Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Munich in the Pinakothek der Moderne
- Munich : Architecture Gallery Munich
- Wiesbaden : WAZ - Wiesbaden Architecture Center
Architecture centers often implement the goals of the architecture and building culture initiative at the local level. You have set yourself the goal of increasing social appreciation for building culture.
Centers and museums in Switzerland
- S AM Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel
- Architecture Forum Bern
- Architecture Forum Eastern Switzerland in St. Gallen
- Architecture Forum Zurich
- Architecture Forum Zurich Oberland
- Forum Architecture Winterthur
- Architecture Forum Obersee in Rapperswil
- Architecture forum Schwyz in Lachen
Centers and museums in Austria
- architecture foundation
- Tyrol : aut. Architecture and tirol in Innsbruck
- Styria : hda - House of Architecture in Graz
- Upper Austria : afo architekturforum oberösterreich - Architekturforum Oberösterreich in Linz
- Vorarlberg : vai - Vorarlberg Architecture Institute in Dornbirn
- Vienna : Architekturzentrum Wien
- Lower Austria : ORTE in Krems
- Carinthia : Architecture House Carinthia in Klagenfurt
- Burgenland : Architecture space Burgenland in Eisenstadt
- Salzburg : Architecture initiative
Centers and museums in the rest of Europe
In the Netherlands and France there is a national center that collects and documents the national architecture and addresses current discourses across the board. At the local level there are then small centers that are closer to the citizens and deal with specific issues on site.
The new buildings and efforts in France and Great Britain show the great importance attached to the architecture centers. They are seen as an important building block and contribution to improving the building culture.
- Architecture Forum / European Architecture Forum, founded in 1999, virtual seat at the Berlage Institute Rotterdam , funded by the EU Commission
- Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (NAI) in Rotterdam ( Netherlands )
- Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine in Paris ( France )
- V&A and RIBA Architecture Gallery in London ( Great Britain )
- Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm ( Sweden )
- Finnish Architecture Museum in Helsinki