A Cultural Institution Resembling a Suspended Cloud is Planned for Siberia

A Gehry-like arts complex is coming to Siberia. The Vienna-based architecture firm Coop Himmelb(l)au has envisioned the cloud-like Kemerovo Museum and Theater Complex to join the public promenades and squares in the Iskitimka River Course landscape, giving Russia a new cultural jewel. The glassy structure will house a 300-person chamber hall, exhibitions spaces, and restaurant, and stand as a testament to the firm’s radical approach to architecture, which relies on state-of-the-art 3D software to challenge conventional thought on built space.