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Factory International is a cultural space currently being built in Manchester, England, which is to be the permanent home of the Manchester International Festival (MIF). It is designed by the international practice Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), founded by Rem Koolhaas and will be their first major, permanent cultural building in the United Kingdom. Factory International's internal spaces cover approximately 13,300 m2 (143,000 sq ft), with adaptability designed to enable the commissioning of large scale and intimate work across different art forms, including dance, theatre, music, opera, visual arts, popular culture and digital work, plus major exhibitions and concerts. Work commissioned for Factory International will go on to be presented internationally, whilst MIF will continue to take place every two years. From Wikipedia