When enlightened developers decided to creatively jazz up the Solaris Dutamas housing complex, the result was an instant arts district. Still very much a work in progress, it's made up of a public piazza surrounded by several immense exhibition venues, rows of arty shops and MAP — an arts organization that runs a gallery and auditorium hosting K.L.'s ever irreverent theater, comedy and modern-dance regulars. Even the restrooms are being turned into conceptual works.

• 1. MAP
  No 1 Jalan Dutamas 1, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; (60-3) 6207 9732 3.17068101.66756 mapkl.org