Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg Concert Hall

Herzog & de Meuron Architects Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Architect Building

Design: Herzog and de Meuron, architects. Germany has a new architectural and musical landmark: the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg is now officially open. The building unites the former Kaispeicher warehouse with a new glass structure featuring wave-like peaks and valleys on top.

Malmo Live Building, Sweden Concert Hall

Malmo Live Building

Design: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects. Mies van der Rohe 2017 Award Nominee; previously World’s best Mixed-use project at World Architecture Festival 2016, and Swedish Building of the Year Award: 54,000 sqm hotel, congress and concert complex.

Stormen Concert Hall & Library, Bodø

Stormen Concert Hall and Library

Design: DRDH, architects. Two new civic buildings or this town 100km inside the Arctic Circle. The architecture stitches into the existing urban fabric, playing off the link to the town centre and nearby harbour.

Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk Music Venue

Snape Maltings Concert Hall Building

Design: Haworth Tompkins, architects with Arup. The Britten Studio is a smaller space than the Concert Hall and will accommodate mainly recitals and orchestral rehearsals. The construction of the auditorium, including the roof, is of concrete to ensure a very low background noise level so that the full dynamic range of the music can be appreciated.

Culture Yard Elsinore: Helsingoer Building

Kulturværftet Helsingør Building

Design: aart architects – new photos

17.000sqm cultural centre in an old ship yard. It contains concert halls, public library, showrooms and conference rooms. The design won an open international architecture competition. The building is adjacent to Danish Maritime Museum by BIG and Kronborg Castle immortalized in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.

Metropolitan Opera House in Busan by moh

Metropolitan Opera House in Busan

Design: moh architects. The new ‘Busan Metropolitan Opera’ sits at the intersection point of the two bridges leading up to the competition site, tying the Opera into the city fabric while at the same time interweaving it with the picturesque waterfront promenade.

Aberdeen Music Hall Building Redevelopment

Aberdeen Music Hall Building interior

Design: BDP, Architects. The opening of Aberdeen’s renewed Music Hall has been delayed until Autumn 2018. The 194-year-old building will be handed over to Kier Construction in October.

Duetto Vitória Building, Espírito Santo

Duetto Vitória Building

Design: ANGATU Arquitetos

Center of artistic and cultural activities – the challenge was to gather in the same building activities such as classical ballet, choral, ballroom dancing, art exhibitions and martial arts.

Kunshan Opera House Building, China

Kunshan Opera House Building, China

Kunshan Opera House building near Shanghai, China – design by Cui Kai, architects – the fluent shape of the facade and smooth interior space evoke the dancer’s movement and posture.

Echelon Concert Hall of Damghan, Semnan

Echelon Concert Hall of Damghan

Design: G.S.A Architectural Design group, Architects. Examining and analyzing the principles of contextualized architecture, this building is meant to craft a cultural space in order to appreciate certain talents and skills in its anticipated field, and to provide the desirable carrier for the artistic and creative ideas of the musician to be expressed.

National Music Centre Calgary, King Eddy

National Music Centre Calgary, King Eddy

Design: Allied Works Architecture. Studio Bell is nearing completion: 160,000 sqft (14,860 sqm) new home for the National Music Centre of Canada is scheduled to open on 1 October 2016.

New Lucerne Theater Building, Switzerland

New Lucerne Theater Building

Innovative New Performing Arts Venue in European Cultural Hub

Arup help project stakeholders define a facility that supports exploration and experimentation in the future of dramatic performances with music.