Studio KO Opens Uzbekistan’s First Contemporary Art Centre

Industrial architecture, punchy new insertions, a diesel depot reborn: heritage meets cultural ambition in Uzbekistan’s first institution for contemporary art.

Industrial architecture, punchy new insertions, a diesel depot reborn: heritage meets cultural ambition in Uzbekistan’s first institution for contemporary art.

Studio KO transforms a century-old tram depot into the Centre for Contemporary Arts Tashkent — where industrial heritage meets cultural ambition.

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