Katuaq, Cultural center in Nuuk, Greenland.

Katuaq is a cultural centre in Nuuk, Greenland, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen and opened in 1997. The building has a roughly right-triangular plan whose hypotenuse forms an undulating, backward-leaning screen clad in golden larch wood inside and out, inspired by the northern lights. Behind this screen, the foyer holds three white freestanding volumes shaped as a triangle, square and circle, corresponding to the café, small auditorium and Hans Lynge Hall.

The building was designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects as a collaboration between the Greenland Home Rule Government and the Nordic Council of Ministers. It opened in February 1997 and became an important landmark for Greenlandic cultural life.

Katuaq is the Greenlandic word for drumstick, the beater used on a shaman's drum. The building holds artworks by Buuti Pedersen, Isle Hessner, Aage Gitz-Johansen and Larry Ahkvakana, and its foyer is used for exhibitions alongside concerts, theatre and film in the Hans Lynge Hall.

The larger of the two auditoriums, the Hans Lynge Hall, seats 508; the smaller, Lillesalen, seats 80. The foyer between the wooden screen and the core holds three white freestanding volumes shaped as a triangle, square and circle, and the café CaféTuaq occupies the triangular one. The building stands on the diagonal street Imaneq, with the Nuuk Center shopping mall directly to its north.

A large artwork by Buuti Pedersen in the foyer depicts the mythological story of Malina and Aningaaq from Greenlandic culture. This piece connects the building to local narratives and bridges contemporary architecture with traditional heritage.