The peaks and troughs of the roof of herzog de meuron s new elbphilharmonie in hamburg could be a metaphor for its history of popular support political opposition and rising costs.
Herzog and de meuron elbphilharmonie roof structure.
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In hamburg a long awaited project by herzog de meuron that began in 2007 is slated for completion on january 11 2017.
Words by herbert wright.
It s a phenomenon happening.
The glass surface of the elbphilharmonie covers 16 000 square metres a size equivalent to two football fields.
Herzog de meuron had been asked previously by a private developer alexander gérard to renovate a brick storage house kaispeicher a protected by law on this site for a concert hall.
Consortium planerarge elbphilharmonie hamburg.
The roof structure the 7 000 square metre roof of the elbphilharmonie consists of eight spherical concavely bent sections that form a uniquely elegant curving silhouette.
It was completed in january 2014.
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Commercial structures reinvented as cultural attractions.