柏林世界文化宫
House of the Cultures of the World (Haus der Kulturen der Welt)

世界文化宫坐落于德国首都柏林，是美国建筑师设计休•斯塔宾斯（Hugh Stubbins）1957年世界建筑展览会设计作品；现作为德国国家用于展示非欧洲当代艺术的中心，堪称柏林市最国际化的地方。

The Haus der Kulturen der Welt ("House of the Cultures of the World") in Berlin was designed in 1957 by the American architect Hugh Stubbins as a part of the International Building Exhibition. Now it has become the most international part as Germany's national centre for the presentation and discussion of international contemporary arts, with a special focus on non-European cultures and societies.

造型奇特的建筑被誉为“怀孕的牡蛎”，因为朝两个方向敞开的、自由浮动的屋顶是重力作用下的抛物线形。最初目的是作为国会大厦使用，但于1987年作为一个多功能文化中心对外开放，用于文化展览中心、剧院、舞蹈表演中心、音乐会、学术展中心等。在世界文化宫的外部，摆放有英国雕塑家亨利•摩尔（Henry Moore）最重的青铜雕塑---蝴蝶(1985-86)，重约10吨，是亨利•摩尔最后的重要作品。

The unique style is known as “The pregnant oyster” for the roof floating towards two directions, as the parabolic of the gravity. It was formerly known as the Kongresshalle conference hall, a gift from the United States. And in 1987 it started to open to the public as a multifunctional center and presents art exhibitions, theater and dance performances, concerts, author readings, films and academic conferences on Visual Art and culture. Outside the entrance, Henry Moore's heaviest bronze sculpture, Large Divided Oval: Butterfly (1985-86), stands in the middle of a circular basin. Weighing nearly nine tons, it was his final major work, completed just before he died.