Barbican Centre Barbican Centre is owned, funded, and managed by the City of London Corporation, the third-largest arts funder in the United Kingdom. It was built as The City's gift to the nation at a cost of £161 million (equivalent to £480 million in 2014) and was officially opened to the public by Queen Elizabeth II on 3 March 1982. The Barbican Centre is also known for its brutalist architecture. The second-floor library is one of the five City of London libraries. It is one of the largest public libraries in London and has a separate arts library, a large music library
Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac; ) in Sentul Park, Kuala Lumpur is one of the established performing art centers in Malaysia. It is a non-profit company, aims to cultivate and sustain the performing arts for the Malaysian. KLPac is the home for KLPac Orchestra, founded in 2006. The orchestra was formerly known as KLPac Sinfonietta. In 1995, Faridah Merican and Joe Hasham set-up the first privately owned theater, known as "The Actor's Studio" at Plaza Putra (now known as Dataran Underground). However, flash floods on 10 June 2003 destroyed the underground complex. In