Sea World Culture and Arts Center

Sea World Culture and Arts Center is a waterfront situated multi-use culture and arts center within the greater Sea World development in Shekou, China. The project is a joint venture between the state owned China Merchants Group and Great Britain's Victoria and Albert Museum.  It is designed by the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki. Completed in 2017 the structure is built in two parts. The first part the "sculptural podium" contains the museum and retail stores and the second made up of "three cantilevered volumes' houses a theater, a restaurant and a "multi purpose hall".

Located in Shekou, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, this is the Pritzker Prize winning architect Maki's first building in the PRC.

The park around the building was also designed by Maki and associates in collaboration with the landscape architecture firm Studio on Site.

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Category:2017 establishments in China
Category:Museums in Shenzhen
Category:Fumihiko Maki buildings
Category:Museums established in 2017