MAAT: Lisbon's new cultural dynamo

The Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, situated on top of an old power station, promises to light up the Portuguese capital

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A landmark new museum will open its doors in Lisbon in October, not only adding to the cultural diversity of the city, but also marking the culmination of a regeneration of the riverfront in the Belem district in which it resides.

The Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) is designed by AL_A, the award-winning architecture studio headed by Amanda Levete, and is the focal point of the EDP Foundation Campus, built on the site of the Tejo Power Station that formerly provided energy to the Portuguese capital. The building will sit alongside the newly transformed plant, itself a gallery space.

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