A new performing arts design from the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has been announced for Kosovos capital city of Prishtina.The forthcoming Opera & Ballet Theatre of Kosovo will stand aside three other public buildings at 456,336 square feet and offer patrons a 1,200-seat concert hall, another 1,000-seat theater, and a 300-seat recital hall.Image courtesy BloomThe ground plane from the neighboring Place of Youth & Sports is to be extended via its podium, which is reimagined as a newly activated public space. The building leaps from a natural stone landscape beset by small landscaped 'islands', and its services are wrought via a central back-of-house 'spine.'Image courtesy BloomImage courtesy BloomFounder Bjarke Ingels called it "an efficient factory for the fabrication of artistic performances," adding that his firm was "deeply honored to be entrusted with the design of the new home for the performing arts in a country that has gifted the world with an outsized cultural impact in ...