The first ever examination of the cultural districts transforming cities internationally, from MASS MoCA to Montreal's Quartier des spectacles
"Cultural districts"--unified civic areas housing multiple arts venues--offer an incomparable density of art and culture, and have proven to have a profound influence on the development of cities and regions. World Culture Districts presents the first ever overview of this phenomenon, featuring 15 of the most important cultural districts on six continents. The districts explored include Alserkal Avenue, Dubai; LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, Lugano; the Museumsinsel, Berlin; Quartier des spectacles, Montreal; the GoDown Arts Centre, Nairobi; Gorky Park and Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Moscow; M9, Mestre; MuseumsQuartier Vienna; the Southbank Centre, London; Töölönlahti, Helsinki; Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho; MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts; Poblenou District, Barcelona; the Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora Otautahi, Christchurch; and the West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong.
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