The National Theatre of Albania, Tirana Building Project, Architecture News, Images
The National Theatre of Albania in Tirana
Albanian Public Building Development – design by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group
19 Mar 2018
The National Theatre of Albania
Architects: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group
Location: Tirana, Albania
The National Theatre of Albania

The National Theatre of Albania is a 9,300 sqm contemporary venue designed to host local and touring theatre companies in the nation?s capital. Located in the cultural and administrative heart of downtown Tirana, adjacent to the iconic Skanderbeg Square, the National Opera and the National Art Gallery, the cultural space will replace the existing theatre and add three new indoor performance spaces, a rooftop amphitheater as well as a covered public space underneath the building.
?Tirana is going through an era of unprecedented transformation and innovation. The city is becoming greener with a major tree plantation drive of 2 million trees! It is a leading child-friendly and pedestrian city with countless playgrounds and large car-free areas as the Scanderbeg Square and New Bazaar. Tourism has also grown 2.5-fold in recent years as a leading city-break destination. Alas, BIG?s new theater will become a crown-jewel of this transformation in the heart of the capital! The ?bow tie? will tie together artists, dreamers, talents and the aspirations of a city going on fifth gear yearning for constant change and place-making,? Erion Veliaj, Ma...