In Hamburg, a New Musical Landmark for a City With Plans.
By REBECCA SCHMID in OCT. 26, 2016
HAMBURG, Germany — After a delay of six years and about a tenfold increase in costs, a new classical music performance space here is preparing to open its doors. The Elbphilharmonie, a glass-paneled building mounted atop a former warehouse, includes not just two concert halls but a four-star hotel, a restaurant and residential apartments.
On Nov. 4, a foyer carved out between the old and new buildings — called the Plaza — will open to the public, offering views from 121 feet above the Norderelbe River. The Elbphilharmonie, by the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, rises 360 feet above the city like waves of quicksilver and overtakes the Radisson Blu Hotel as its tallest building.
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