The Sea World Culture and Arts Center (SWCAC) sits on the Shekou coast, Nanshan district, Shenzhen, overlooking the mountains of Hong Kong. Designed by Fumihiko Maki — 1993 Pritzker laureate — it is his first building in China: a roughly 71,000 sqm complex arranged as a podium and pavilion, born from a joint venture between the state-owned China Merchants Group and London's Victoria and Albert Museum, which curates a permanent gallery on site (V&A Gallery).

The center houses exhibition galleries, a roughly 330-seat theater, a sea-facing multi-purpose hall and generous public spaces; it has been named among China's top cultural destinations by Lonely Planet (2019) and one of TIME's 100 Greatest Places in the World (2018).