Goethe once said that architecture is solidified music.
A kind of sensibility and a kind of rationality. When we talk about sound, it is often associated with architectural acoustics.
As concert halls began to function as independent architectural entities in the 18th century, architects of the time began to figure out how to design spaces to ideally reflect and spread sound within the room.
The internal environment of the concert hall building has a close affinity with the musical works of each period and the thoughts, feelings and styles they represent, as well as with the concert hall architecture of the corresponding period, which together reflect the pursuit of certain arts. A concert hall with exquisite architecture and unique style is a work of art in itself.
Below, let’s take a look at the designs of the world’s top ten theaters (concert halls)!
, Vienna Concert Hall
Vienna is known as the music capital of the world. The Vienna Concert Hall is located in Vienna, the capital of art, Austria. The Vienna Concert Hall is known as a world-class music palace. The Konzerthaus is the oldest and most modern concert hall in Vienna. It was built in 1867 and is an Italian Renaissance-style building.
The official name of the Vienna Concert Hall should be called as the Music Association Hall , designed by the architect Ofir Hansen. There are a total of 1,654 seats and about 300 standing places in the hall. The magnificent architectural style and gorgeous sound effects make it worthy of its golden reputation.
Concert Hall consists of four concert halls: Golden Hall, Mozart Hall, Schubert Hall and a new hall built in 2000. Among them, the "Vienna Musikverein" is the most famous and well-known concert hall. The Golden Hall is known as the "World's Chief Concert Hall", and the "Golden Hall" is the legal place where the "Vienna New Year Concert" is held every year.
As a Renaissance building, the Vienna Concert Hall fully embodies the style of the Renaissance, with its red and yellow exterior walls, the exquisite and unique statue of the goddess of music on the roof, and the gorgeous indoor crystal lamps and resplendent decoration style. Let people infinitely feel the elegance of the Baroque period.
, Berlin Philharmonic Concert Hall
was designed by German architect Hans Scharoun in 1956 and completed in 1987. It is one of the most famous concert halls today and the world's top symphony orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra of permanent residence.
The shape of the Philharmonic Concert Hall is determined by the shape of its internal space. The surrounding walls are winding and changeable, and the shape of the roof is determined by the interior canopy-shaped ceiling. Although the internal and external shapes of the entire building are not regular, even indescribable, but such "Irregular" has created the high-quality sound effects and unique style of the Berlin Philharmonic hall.
This concert hall has a centrally symmetrical octagonal layout. The stage is designed in the center of the hall and is surrounded by freely extending asymmetrical auditoriums. The vestibule of the concert hall is placed directly below the auditorium. Since the bottom of the auditorium is like the bottom of a large pot, the vestibule spaces below it are of different heights. In addition, there are many pillars, stairs and entrances and exits, making this concert hall very spacious. The shape of the front hall space is extremely complex and the route is very tortuous.
Anyone who enters the Berlin Philharmonic Hall for the first time will be left with a "confusing, rich and attractive" impression of this concert hall. In the overall design of the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, the auditorium is broken into pieces and divided into small "concave fields" areas. The large scale of ordinary large concert halls is thus resolved, presenting a friendly, easy-going, relaxed and natural atmosphere. Delicate, elegant and unique style.
The dynamic façade of the exterior echoes and establishes a relationship with the Berlin Tiergarte located to the north of the building. The angled and curved façade mimics the “softer” aspects of the forest landscape aesthetic. The yellow-toned metallic material of the exterior walls maintains an earthy balance between landscape, color and form.
, Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is located on Benilang Headland, Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the most distinctive buildings in the 20th century and a world-famous performing arts center. It has become a symbol of Sydney. sexual architecture.
The opera house was officially completed in 1973 and was named a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO on June 28, 2007. The theater was designed by Danish designer Jorn Utzon , which took a total of 16 years and cost 1,200. It was completed with 10,000 Australian dollars. Its unique sail shape, coupled with the Sydney Harbor Bridge, complements the surrounding scenery.
The Sydney Opera House covers an area of 1.8 hectares and is located on a granite base 19 meters away from the sea. The highest shell top is 60 meters away from the sea. The total construction area is 88,000 square meters. It has a 2,700-seat concert hall and a 1,550-seat concert hall. Theater, a small theater with 420 seats. In addition, there are 900 large and small rooms for exhibitions, recordings, bars, restaurants, etc.
The white roof of the Opera House is made of more than one million pieces of Swedish terracotta tiles and has been specially treated so that it is not afraid of the sea breeze. Under the roof are the two major performance venues of the Sydney Opera House, the Concert Hall and the Opera House.
Concert Hall is the largest hall of the Sydney Opera House, with a total capacity of 2,679 audiences. It is usually used to hold symphony, chamber music, opera, dance, chorus, pop music, jazz and other performances.
The most special thing about this concert hall is the large pipe organ designed and built by Australian artist Ronald Sharp located directly in front of the concert hall. It is known as the largest mechanical wooden connecting rod organ in the world, consisting of 10,500 wind pipes. In addition, The building materials of the entire concert hall are all Australian wood, faithfully presenting Australia's own style.
, China National Center for the Performing Arts
China National Center for the Performing Arts was built in September 2007. It is a new music hall-level building. The China National Center for the Performing Arts is located on the west side of Tiananmen Square in the center of Beijing. It is half an ellipse in shape, like half a huge egg. But under suitable lighting conditions, reflecting the light of the lake, it becomes an egg. The shape of a complete egg symbolizes rebirth.
The Grand Theater was designed by French architect Paul André . The designer was the Paris Airport Company of France and cooperated with Tsinghua University. Covering an area of 118,900 square meters, with a total construction area of approximately 165,000 square meters, a height of 46.68 meters, and a total investment of 2.688 billion yuan, it is the largest theater complex in Asia.
National Center for the Performing Arts exterior has a semi-ellipsoidal shell with a steel structure as the body. The entire shell is made of more than 18,000 titanium metal plates, covering an area of more than 30,000 square meters. These titanium metal plates have undergone special oxidation treatment to achieve the effect of not discoloring for 15 years. The gradually opening glass curtain wall of in the middle of and the artificial lake surrounding it add to the romantic atmosphere and are known as the "Pearl in the Lake".
The National Center for the Performing Arts has an opera house, a concert hall, a theater, an art exhibition hall, an art exchange center, an audio-visual store and other supporting facilities. The concert hall has a total of 2019 auditoriums. The overall building adopts an improved shoe box design, and the seats are arranged in a wraparound manner. Surrounded by the stage, the stage is in the center area so that the sound can be better diffused and transmitted.
In addition, the ceiling of the concert hall has been transformed into an abstract modern art work. The exquisite white reliefs with irregular shapes resemble the beach washed by the waves, adding to the artistic atmosphere.
, Valencia Reina Sofia Art Opera
Valencia Opera House is considered the ultimate element in the urban complex of arts and sciences. It is an opera house and cultural center located in Valencia, Spain. It was designed by the famous architect Santiago Calatrava and covers an area of 348,030 square meters. meters (86 acres), construction began in 1995 and opened to the public in October 2005.
The Opera House consists of 14 floors above ground and 3 floors underground. It is 230 meters long and has a total height of 75 meters. It is the highest opera house in the world. Its curved roof structure covers an area of 40,000 square meters and consists of a total of 4 halls.
The project mainly includes: an auditorium with a capacity of 1,706 people (for opera productions, concerts and ballets), a chamber concert hall with a capacity of 380 people (for ensemble performances, plays and other performing arts events) and a Secondary auditorium with a capacity of 1,520 people (equipped with advanced film and video projection systems).
Adjacent to the main building is a 400-seat experimental theater and dance auditorium with gallery space for exhibitions of fine and decorative arts.
The building’s different volumes are stacked between horizontal gallery decks, with cantilevers extending out the sides of the structure like outspread wings. The central core is the air-conditioned and temperature-controlled main auditorium, housed in an acoustic shell embedded in multiple volumes.
The center also has the scenery and lifting structure of the main auditorium. For the open performance areas, the integral roof and defining walls serve acoustic functions, while a glass-covered private rehearsal area is provided above the indoor concert hall.
The shell around the building allows for internal and external circulation by organizing different auditoriums, garden terraces, cafeterias and restaurants, connected by promenades, balconies, stairs and external elevators, revealing beautiful views of the city and gardens.
, Harbin Grand Theater
Harbin Grand Theater is located in Songbei District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, China, across the river from the Sun Island Scenic Area and adjacent to the Siberian Tiger Forest Park. It was jointly designed by Beijing MAD Architects and Beijing Architectural Design Institute. The project covers a total area of 72,000 square meters, a construction area of 79,000 square meters, a net height of 63.48 meters, and a total investment of approximately 1.25 billion yuan.
In February 2016, the Harbin Grand Theater was selected as the "Best Cultural Building" in the "2015 World's Best Buildings" and the "2016 WAN Performance Space Award" by ArchDaily. It is the largest, highest level and most complete function in Harbin's history. iconic cultural facilities.
CNN once commented: "This is the most beautiful building in China, even surpassing the Sydney Opera House."
This project completely breaks the traditional design ideas in conception. The whole building is as smooth and natural as flowing clouds and flowing water. Integrated with the surrounding wetland landscape, it creates a dreamy effect of "like a silver ribbon flying between the clear water and blue sky in summer, and in winter like a snow sculpture carved by the river wind standing among the silver".
The building’s silhouette is clad in sophisticated white aluminum panels, blending into the surrounding terrain. The local climate is very cold and winter is heavy, so the white sculpture shape means paying tribute to nature.
The overall building includes large theater (1538 seats), small theater (414 seats), ticket office and parking lot (470 parking spaces). The grand theater is 56.48 meters high. It mainly performs large-scale operas, dance dramas, and ballets, as well as concert functions. The auditorium is mainly horseshoe-shaped in plan, and the stage adopts a typical "pin"-shaped structure.
, Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Walt Disney Concert Hall was completed on October 23, 2003. It is located in Los Angeles, California, and is the fourth building of the Los Angeles Music Center. It was designed by Frank Gehry . This concert hall took 15 years to complete. , is one of the most modern buildings in the world. The main hall can accommodate 2,265 seats, and there is also a 266-seat Roy Disney Theater and a small theater with more than 100 seats.
Walt Disney Concert Hall is a huge deconstructivist building that softens various aesthetics and reflects the temperament of its creator. Architects perfectly combine functionality and aesthetics, making the building a work of art that will go down in history. Its unique stainless steel sail-like shape makes it an important landmark in downtown Los Angeles.
The highlight of the entire Walt Disney Concert Hall is the performance hall located on the second floor. The interior decoration of this large concert hall is almost entirely made of wooden materials. The surrounding walls are made of high-tech sound-absorbing and sound-reflecting materials. The entire theater The sound design maximizes acoustics, so that you can get an excellent sound quality experience without speakers when playing.
The walls and ceiling of the main concert hall are made of Douglas fir with a corrugated surface.
This concert hall can accommodate more than 2,200 people. The auditory experience in every position is quite perfect. The audience can enjoy the wonderful native music from any angle. The sound effects here are widely praised and it is the world's top concert hall.
, Hamburg Elb Philharmonic Hall
After 10 years and a cost of 800 million euros (nearly 6 billion yuan), the Elb Philharmonic Hall is a unique building built on an old warehouse. It was completed in 2017. It immediately ranked among the top ten top concert halls in the world.
The concert hall broke ground in 2007, but due to the low budget of only 80 million euros, construction was stopped shortly after it started. Afterwards, the Hamburg city government added a new budget. By the time it was completed in 2017, had spent a total of 800 million euros, and had increased by 10 times.
The building complex contains a symphony concert hall, a chamber music hall, a viewing platform with panoramic views of Hamburg, as well as various restaurants, bars, apartments, hotels and parking facilities.
The bottom of the building is a red brick warehouse. is also a cultural relic that lasted for more than a hundred years. It was renovated and used as the support base of the concert hall. The main body of the concert hall above the warehouse presents a very dazzling architectural image, like an "aquarium" suspended in mid-air with no borders. The two seemingly completely different architectural elements miraculously fit together.
Between the warehouse and the "aquarium", there is also a circular corridor-style viewing platform, where visitors can overlook the entire port city.
The facade of the concert hall is made of irregular crystal glass. Under the refraction of the sun, these glasses bring together the colors of the sky, river and city, making it very dazzling. The curved roof of the concert hall resembles a wave and is composed of 6,000 circular sequins, which is also beautiful.
There are three concert halls of different specifications inside the concert hall, especially the large concert hall. The acoustic master Yasuhisa Toyoda designed a wall made of 10,000 pieces of gypsum fiberboard. When playing, the sound can spread to any place. From one angle, the sound effect is extremely shocking.
, Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center in Iceland
Harpa Concert Hall is located at the junction of land and sea. The huge radioactive sculptural structure reflects the sky and harbor space, and is also a true portrayal of the city's prosperous life. The building’s ornate exterior was created in collaboration with Henning Larsen Architects, Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and engineering firm Rambøll, as well as German company ArtEngineering GmbH.
Harpa Concert Hall’s crystal facade is now integrated into Reykjavik’s harbor, with designers drawing inspiration from the Nordic aurora, which transmits colored light to create brilliant optical effects.
The concert hall has a floor area of 28,000 square meters and is located in a lonely place between land and sea. The entrance to the building has an arrival foyer area, four halls in the middle, and the rear includes administrative spaces, rehearsal halls and actors' dressing rooms.
There is a public passage on the south side of the concert hall, and the fourth floor is a multi-functional hall that can accommodate more private performances and banquets. The project won the prestigious European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - the Mies van der Rohe Award in 2013.
0, Guangzhou Grand Theater
Guangzhou Grand Theater is located in the south of the Central District of Zhujiang New City, Guangzhou. The art halls and three rehearsal halls (opera rehearsal halls, ballet rehearsal halls, and symphony rehearsal halls) meet the needs of various performances. The total investment of the project was 1.38 billion yuan.
is jointly designed by the famous British architect - Zaha Hadid and the master Marshall. The theater is composed of two units of the Grand Theater and Multifunctional Theater. The building starts from January 2005 to April 2010 Completed, it lasted for 5 years and 3 months.
Grand Theater has a ups and downs, like desert landforms, rugged small road -directed main buildings, namely the large theater and multi -functional hall. Known as "big rocks" and "small stones", the inspiration of the outline of the shape comes from the changes in the day after the erosion of the river valley and the valley.
"Big Stone" is an opera hall, with black appearance, and the interior that is closely connected to the outdoor is black and black -top white walls, 7 floors above ground, 1 floor underground, 4 floors, 4.5 to 6 meters, 43.4 building height Mi, including 1800 large theaters and its supporting rooms, drama houses, performance rooms, administrative houses, recording studios and art exhibition halls.
Small "Stone" is a multi -functional theater, with white appearance and tightly connected to the outdoor. The indoor is a white -top black wall on the ground, 1 floor underground, 5 meters high, 22.7 meters high, including 400 seats, including 400 seats, including 400 seats, including 400 seats, including 400 seats, including 400 seats. Multi -functional theater and supporting restaurants.
Guangzhou Grand Theater won a high evaluation of the global architectural industry and artists on stage: In September 2013, the Guangzhou Grand Theater won the "Fedick Centennial Martial Construction Project Outstanding Award". In 2014 The Top Ten Opera House in the World ".
is ancient and calm. Baroque is luxurious and magnificent, and the modern style theater is romantic and elegant. Although the architectural style of the concert hall is different, they always have a common pursuit of music art and architectural art.
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