King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture

A Saudi Aramco initiative, this center will be one of the first venues of its kind in Saudi Arabia. The complex will serve as home to diverse cultural facilities that will include a 1,000-seat auditorium and a 400-seat hall. The artistic program for the theatres will evolve as audience expectations develop, so the theatres have been designed to accommodate future developments with a reasonable degree of flexibility.

Services

Programming, concept design, theatre planning, theatre equipment design and specification, and stage engineering

Owner

Saudi Aramco

Users

Touring performances, and local, regional, and national groups

Acoustician

Buro Happold

Theatre Type(s)

Arts center, Flexible theatre, Multipurpose theatre

Seat Count(s)

1000, 400

Construction Type

New construction