Cultural Buildings, also known as Culture Buildings, are structures that provide 
happiness. Some Special Buildings can even provide additional resources, an attack or defense boost or a boost in resources collection. Functionally, the Cultural Buildings are very similar to Decorations but tend to provide a higher amount of happiness per tile of space. However, this comes at the cost of being more expensive, requiring a road or street connection, and generally being substantially larger.
It will be much easier to make your citizens enthusiastic (+20% Bonus to 
Coins and 
Supplies) by having a few Cultural Buildings as opposed to having a lot of Decorations. Cultural Buildings are an ideal choice in the game's middle and sometimes (depending on activity and play style) later stages when emphasis on area efficiency becomes more apparent than in the beginning.
As long as most buildings to be motivated do not produce special resources (as most Special Buildings do upon motivation), having few Cultural Buildings instead of many Decorations helps to make better use of the aid - especially the motivation - received from other players as less potential aids get used for polishing decorations.
All cultural buildings play a unique sound when played.
Construction Properties[]
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| BA | Theater[1] | Bronze Age | 0 | 0 | 100 | 4x3 | 540 | 45.0 | 00:00:20 |
| BA | Stone Circle | Construction | 780 | 140 | 0 | 3x3 | 182 | 20.2 | 00:10:00 |
| BA | School | Teaching | 1,500 | 290 | 0 | 3x3 | 240 | 26.7 | 00:30:00 |
| BA | Tavern | Brewing | 2900 | 440 | 0 | 3x3 | 280 | 31.1 | 00:40:00 |
| IA | Amphitheater[1] | Iron Age | 0 | 0 | 250 | 4x4 | 880 | 55.0 | 00:00:20 |
| IA | Triumphal Arch | Processions | 1,900 | 1,400 | 0 | 3x2 | 190 | 31.7 | 01:00:00 |
| IA | Public Bath | Thermae | 6,000 | 3,700 | 0 | 4x4 | 570 | 35.6 | 01:50:00 |
| EMA | Pillory[1] | Early Middle Ages | 0 | 0 | 150 | 2x2 | 300 | 75.0 | 00:00:20 |
| EMA | Marketplace | Ecomomics | 4,900 | 18,200 | 0 | 3x3 | 430 | 47.8 | 04:20:00 |
| EMA | Inn | Accommodation | 7,400 | 3,600 | 0 | 3x3 | 330 | 36.7 | 03:40:00 |
| EMA | Gallows | Executions | 2,200 | 2,600 | 0 | 2x2 | 160 | 40.0 | 02:00:00 |
| HMA | Printer[1] | High Middle Ages | 0 | 0 | 400 | 3x3 | 780 | 86.7 | 00:00:20 |
| HMA | Church | Monotheism | 66,000 | 45,000 | 0 | 3x3 | 520 | 57.8 | 10:40:00 |
| HMA | Doctor | Medicine | 7,000 | 22,000 | 0 | 3x3 | 470 | 52.2 | 06:40:00 |
| LMA | Palace[1] | Late Middle Ages | 0 | 0 | 500 | 4x4 | 1,500 | 93.8 | 00:00:20 |
| LMA | Cartographer | Cartography | 30,000 | 19,000 | 0 | 3x2 | 320 | 53.3 | 08:00:00 |
| LMA | Library | Letterpress | 81,000 | 111,000 | 0 | 4x4 | 940 | 58.8 | 13:30:00 |
| LMA | Academy | Higher Education | 115,000 | 111,000 | 0 | 4x4 | 980 | 61.3 | 14:00:00 |
| CA | Travelling Circus[1] | Colonial Age | 0 | 0 | 500 | 5x5 | 2,800 | 112.0 | 00:00:20 |
| CA | Exotic Goods Vendor | Colonies | 27,000 | 40,000 | 0 | 3x2 | 400 | 66.7 | 09:40:00 |
| CA | Coiffeur | Fashion | 67,000 | 26,000 | 0 | 3x2 | 440 | 73.3 | 10:50:00 |
| CA | Trading Company | Trading Charters | 80,000 | 194,000 | 0 | 3x4 | 900 | 75.0 | 14:20:00 |
| INA | Natural History Museum[1] | Industrial Age | 0 | 0 | 500 | 6x4 | 3,230 | 134.6 | 00:00:20 |
| INA | Saloon | The West | 20,000 | 153,000 | 0 | 3x3 | 700 | 77.8 | 10:20:00 |
| INA | Police Station | Law and Order | 93,000 | 144,000 | 0 | 3x4 | 980 | 81.7 | 12:50:00 |
| INA | Water Pumping Station | Infrastructure | 155,000 | 400,000 | 0 | 4x5 | 1,700 | 85.0 | 15:30:00 |
| PE | Zeppelin[1] | Progressive Era | 0 | 0 | 600 | 3x6 | 2,730 | 151.7 | 00:00:20 |
| PE | Electrical Plant[2] | Electricity | 306,000 | 353,000 | 0 | 5x5 | 2,620 | 104.8 | 14:30:00 |
| PE | Publishing House | Journalism | 124,000 | 116,000 | 0 | 4x3 | 1,030 | 85.8 | 11:50:00 |
| PE | Metro Entrance | Public Transport | 23,000 | 8,000 | 0 | 2x1 | 180 | 90.0 | 06:40:00 |
| PE | City Park | Recreation | 116,000 | 601,000 | 0 | 5x6 | 2,850 | 95.0 | 15:50:00 |
| ME | Amusement Park[1][2] | Modern Era | 0 | 0 | 900 | 8x4 | 5,200 | 162.5 | 00:00:20 |
| ME | American Diner[2] | 24/7 Service | 43,000 | 230,000 | 0 | 3x4 | 1,300 | 108.3 | 08:00:00 |
| ME | Drive-In Theater[2] | Hollywood | 458,000 | 320,000 | 0 | 6x4 | 2,800 | 116.7 | 15:20:00 |
| ME | Roller Derby Track | Spectator Sports | 136,000 | 144,000 | 0 | 5x4 | 1,910 | 95.5 | 12:00:00 |
| PME | Music Festival[1][2] | Postmodern Era | 0 | 0 | 750 | 5x5 | 4,550 | 182.0 | 00:00:20 |
| PME | Zoo[2] | Species Conservation | 321,000 | 531,000 | 0 | 5x6 | 3,510 | 117.0 | 13:20:00 |
| PME | Golf Course | High Society | 510,000 | 425,000 | 0 | 6x4 | 2,600 | 108.3 | 10:40:00 |
| PME | Public Pool[2] | Physical Education | 80,000 | 700,000 | 0 | 5x4 | 2,500 | 125.0 | 16:00:00 |
| CE | Casino[1][2] | Contemporary Era | 0 | 0 | 500 | 4x4 | 3,470 | 216.9 | 00:00:20 |
| CE | Floating Market | Local Purchasing | 271,000 | 622,000 | 0 | 6x4 | 2,760 | 115.0 | 12:00:00 |
| CE | Shopping Mall[2] | Consumerism | 160,000 | 769,000 | 0 | 5x5 | 3,650 | 146.0 | 14:40:00 |
| CE | Zen Garden | Stress Management | 213,000 | 119,000 | 0 | 2x4 | 1,030 | 128.8 | 08:40:00 |
| TE | Hologram Arena[1] | Tomorrow Era | 0 | 0 | 800 | 5x5 | 6,730 | 269.2 | 00:00:20 |
| TE | Concept Vehicle Fair[2] | Industrial Design | 335,000 | 660,000 | 0 | 6x4 | 3,900 | 162.5 | 20:00:00 |
| TE | Tower Club[2] | Nightlife | 350,000 | 550,000 | 0 | 5x4 | 3,000 | 150.0 | 14:40:00 |
| TE | Surveillance Nexus | Surveillance | 78,000 | 123,000 | 0 | 4x4 | 2,000 | 125.0 | 08:00:00 |
| FE | Concert Hall[1] | Future Era | 0 | 0 | 600 | 4x4 | 5,860 | 366.3 | 00:00:20 |
| FE | Algae Airship | Anti-Gravitation | 99,000 | 106,000 | 0 | 3x3 | 1,350 | 150.0 | 08:00:00 |
| FE | Weather Control Station[2] | Climate Control | 439,000 | 559,000 | 0 | 4x3 | 2,300 | 191.7 | 13:20:00 |
| FE | Eco Park[2] | Terraforming | 506,000 | 549,000 | 0 | 6x5 | 7,000 | 233.3 | 21:00:00 |
| AF | Holo-Holiday Park[1][2] | Arctic Future | 0 | 0 | 900 | 6x6 | 16,000 | 444.4 | 00:00:20 |
| AF | Blue Lagoon[1] | Arctic Future | 0 | 0 | 750 | 5x5 | 11,940 | 477.6 | 00:00:20 |
| AF | Personal Rapid Transport[2] | String Rail System | 621,000 | 762,000 | 0 | 7x4 | 7,200 | 257.1 | 13:20:00 |
| AF | Communication Tower[2] | Biological Transmission | 535,000 | 357,000 | 0 | 4x5 | 5,800 | 290.0 | 09:00:00 |
| AF | Vertical Zoo | Extreme Weather Prevention | 135,000 | 717,000 | 0 | 6x3 | 6,140 | 341.1 | 08:00:00 |
| OF | Seafood Restaurant[1][2] | Oceanic Future | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 6x5 | 14,490 | 483.0 | 00:00:20 |
| OF | Coral Reef[1][2] | Oceanic Future | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 8x4 | 16,110 | 503.5 | 00:00:20 |
| OF | Water Park[1][2] | Oceanic Future | 0 | 0 | 1,100 | 4x6 | 13,920 | 580.0 | 00:00:20 |
| OF | Water Dome | Laser Rust Removal | 266,000 | 633,000 | 0 | 4x3 | 4,300 | 358.3 | 09:00:00 |
| OF | Maelstrom Dynamo | Maelstrom Stabilization | 962,000 | 2,031,000 | 0 | 6x6 | 15,360 | 426.7 | 08:00:00 |
| OF | Turtle Rescue Centre[2] | Ocean Cleaning Nanobots | 1,304,000 | 996,000 | 0 | 5x5 | 11,000 | 440.0 | 16:00:00 |
| OF | Trading Depot[2] | Waterfall Stock | 1,505,000 | 1,633,000 | 0 | 7x4 | 13,230 | 472.5 | 16:00:00 |
| OF | Shipwreck[2] | Maritime Archeology | 1,091,000 | 1,234,000 | 0 | 6x3 | 8,600 | 477.8 | 08:00:00 |
| OF | Secret Cove[2] | Oceanic Peservation | 1,324,000 | 1,371,000 | 0 | 4x5 | 9,690 | 484.5 | 16:00:00 |
| VF | Giant Robot[1] | Virtual Future | 0 | 0 | 750 | 4x4 | 13,170 | 823.1 | 00:00:20 |
| VF | Karaoke Bar[2] | Responsive Holo-Entertainment | 2,002,000 | 2,499,000 | 0 | 5x6 | 15,520 | 517.3 | 13:20:00 |
| VF | Dragon Casino | Crypto Gambling | 1,561,000 | 1,961,000 | 0 | 4x5 | 11,060 | 553.0 | 13:20:00 |
| VF | Parade | VR Supported Celebrations | 1,634,000 | 2,065,000 | 0 | 6x3 | 11,850 | 658.3 | 13:20:00 |
| SAM | Space Academy[1] | Space Age Mars | 0 | 0 | 750 | 5x4 | 22,580 | 1,129.0 | 00:00:20 |
| SAM | Satellite Dish[2] | Multispectral Sensors | 1,530,000 | 2,233,000 | 0 | 3x4 | 11,290 | 940.8 | 13:20:00 |
| SAAB | Asteroid Stock Exchange[1] | Space Age Asteroid Belt | 0 | 0 | 750 | 5x3 | 17,500 | 1,166.7 | 00:00:20 |
| SAAB | Belt Mining H.Q.[2] | Inter-Divisional Controls | 2,966,000 | 3,181,000 | 0 | 5x5 | 18,820 | 752.8 | 13:20:00 |
| SAV | Sky Taxi[2] | A.G.F. Upgrade | 5,382,000 | 7,762,000 | 0 | 5x5 | 27,620 | 1,104.8 | 13:20:00 |
| SAV | Sky Cafe[1] | Space Age Venus | 0 | 0 | 750 | 3x5 | 19,880 | 1,325.3 | 00:00:20 |
| SAJM | Aquatic Museum[2] | Ecto Phytobiomes | 5,981,000 | 8,582,000 | 0 | 5x5 | 29,750 | 1,190 | 13:20:00 |
| SAJM | Red Seaweed Bar[1] | Space Age Jupiter Moon | 0 | 0 | 750 | 5x3 | 21,420 | 1,428 | 00:00:20 |