Elbphilharmonie by Herzog & de Meuron

After 13 years of planning and construction, Herzog & de Meuron’s Hamburg concert hall opens.

By Suzanne Stephens – Like a giant seafaring ship with rippling sails of glass instead of canvas and a brick base instead of a wood hull, the new Elbphilharmonie commands the harbor of Hamburg’s still-active port in northern Germany. The concert hall, hotel, and apartment building designed by the Swiss firm of Herzog & de Meuron (as well as local architects Hohler + Partner) sits at the western tip of HafenCity. There it functions as a glittering beacon for this 390-acre residential and commercial waterfront redevelopment under construction along the Elbe River.

Read the complete article in Architectural Record…

More news coverage for the Elbphilharmonie by Herzog & de Meuron:

• The Guardian, November 4, 2016: ‘We thought it was going to destroy us’ … Herzog and De Meuron’s Hamburg miracle
• The Guardian, November 6, 2016: Elbphilharmonie: Hamburg’s dazzling, costly castle in the air