This seems an unsurprising commercial collaboration between BIG architects, Martha Scwhartz  Landscape, both who have tackled the issue of being contemporary, exiting, outrageous  and of advancing environmentally responsible design , with a Global ASset Management who  in their website opening statement are upfront about their aims: “GCAM is a global cultural asset management company that pursues a cluster of overlapping lines of business related to the expansion of art, culture, and art museums in a global economy.” The surprise is the clients embracing this view , again showing how the economic needs of cities are served by both protecting and advancing cultural capital.

BIG, Martha Schwartz Landscape, Buro Happold, Speirs & Major, Lutzenberger & Lutzenberger, and Global Cultural Asset Management were today announced as the winning team of the international design competition for a new 27,000 m2 cultural complex in Albania, consisting of a Mosque, an Islamic Center, and a Museum of Religious Harmony.