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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 04/06/2026 14:17:00

A bulbous, biomorphic shape of dark blue acrylic panels, studded with light and sprouting strange nozzles from its skin, the Kunsthaus Graz looks like something that has settled beside the river rather than been built there. Affectionately nicknamed the Friendly Alien by its own architects, it has become the defining emblem of contemporary Graz. The building was created for 2003, when Graz held the title of European Capital of Culture, and designed by the British architects Peter Cook and Colin...