Walmer Castle and Gardens Learning Centre
Understated, well-detailed building in Kent, south east England fits a huge amount into a small space: brickwork and the shape of windows reflect the neighbouring historic buildings
Visitor centre building
Visitor centre buildings designs and architects
e-architect try to select visitor centre building designs developments from around the globe. Discover architecture projects information, news and pictures of the best new visitor center building designs globally.
The website features a selection of the best new visitor centre building designs around the world, by respected designers.
In addition, we post information and images of significant contemporary architecture projects on this international website. Our focus is on internationally-significant architectural works.
9/11 Pentagon Memorial Visitor Education Center
VEC companion visitor center to existing memorial remembering 184 lives lost during tragic events of September 11, 2001, when American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and crashed into Pentagon
Cuisuba Yi Cultural & Visitor Center, Guizhou
Cuisuba Yi Cultural & Visitor Center by West-line Studio on Guizhou plateau above 2,000m in untouched grassland hills and mountains, landmark pays homage to Yi people, ethnic minority group
OCT Chuzhou Minghu Experience Center
OCT Chuzhou Minghu Experience Center, China, design by Lacime Architects evokes form of mists encircling the wetland on a cloudy day, or a rock standing still in the field during sunny days
Better Place Forests, Point Arena, California
Located on the crest of a wooded rise, OpenScope Studio’s Visitor Centre, Better Place Forests in Point Arena, California, marks the threshold to the forest
Blackstone Heritage Corridor Visitor Center
Blackstone Heritage Corridor Visitor Center, Massachusetts, by designLAB architects, planned as an adaptive reuse of former Washburn & Moen wire mill in Worcester’s Quinsigamond Village
Domen Viewpoint, Northeast Norway
Breath taking Domen Viewpoint, designed by Biotope, in Northeast Norway offers visitors shelter and stunning views of arctic landscape.
The Stage Curtain Playhouse, East London
Planning consent for a glass stage floating above archaeological remains of Curtain Playhouse, the theatre where Shakespeare once acted: The Stage in Shoreditch designed by architects Perkins&Will
PANEUM – Wunderkammer des Brotes
This powerful building design by architects COOP HIMMELB(L)AU uses a two-storey freeform shape clad with stainless steel shingles floating above a box-shaped building with cast-in-place concrete façade.
Chishui Cemetery Memorial Hall in Guizhou, China
Designed by West-line Studio the Memorial Hall is dedicated to the deeds of the martyrs who rest in the adjacent cemetery in the city of Chishui, in Guizhou province.
St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum
Through architecture and storytelling, Architecture Is Fun, Inc. transformed St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum to help make the lighthouse more than just a 219-step climb.
Barack Obama Presidential Center in Hawaii
Inspired by the forms of a coral reef, Snøhetta and WCIT Architecture’s design for the Center is shaped around a central courtyard, providing a collective entry point and shared public space.
Mercury House on Island of Mahe, Seychelles
Redesigned and restored by Studio Ageli, Mercury House on the Island of Mahe, Seychelles, the project celebrates both modern Creole architecture and Victorian steelwork – with its original Lanarkshire imprints
Bromont Summit Chalet in Québec, Canada
Designed by Lemay, Bromont Summit Chalet in Québec acts like a warm and welcoming den with contemporary lines that hugs the shape of the mountain on which it is built.
C Future City Experience Center in Shenzhen
Designed by CCD / Cheng Chung Design (HK) this building is in Shangsha, a landmark area that gathers numerous young people who are ‘fighting for their future’.
Kirsch Pharma HealthCare Building Wedemark
In their design for the new head office and production site for Kirsch Pharma HealthCare GmbH in Wedemark, Germany, SAOTA rethinks the often underwhelming and generic industrial prototype.
The Box and St Luke’s Church Cultural Centre
Designed by Atkins The Box is the largest multi-disciplinary arts and heritage space opening anywhere in the UK next year and the biggest in the Southwest of England. The £40million project has created a visitor centre for the country of nearly 8,000 sqm.