City of Culture of Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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	City of Culture of Galicia
Designer	Peter Eisenman
Location	Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Date	1999 to 2012
Construction System	steel concrete
Climate	Hot Temperate
Context	Suburban
Architectural Style	Deconstructivist Modern
Street Address
Notes	Cidade da Cultura de Galicia

Contents 1 Images 2 Discussion 3 Maps 4 References 5 External Links

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Building Details
Client	Fundación Cidade da Cultura de Galicia
Area	One Million square feet (93,000 square meters), overall
Site	173 acres
Program	multi-building project: Galician Library (11,300 square meters) Newspaper Archive (8,000 square meters; 42m tall) Galician History Museum (16,000 square meters) Building of New Technologies (12,500 square meters) Music Theatre (25,000 square meters; 50m tall) Central Services and Administration Building (7500 square meters) City of Culture Forest Towers in Memory of John Hejduk

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• Peter Eisenman. CodeX. Monacelli Press: United States. February 01, 2005. ISBN 1580931383.

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• http://www.cidadedacultura.es/
• http://www.xunta.es/galicia2004/en/18_07.htm