Walt Disney Concert Hall Architect
Bounded by hope street grand avenue and 1st and 2nd streets it seats 2 265 people and serves among other purposes as the home of the los angeles philharmonic orchestra and the los.
Walt disney concert hall architect. While the concert hall was suffering delays gehry s guggenheim museum in bilbao which was designed about the same time was completed in 1997 six years before disney. The history of the building began in 1987 when lillian walt disney widow of businessman donates 50 million to start building a philharmonic hall. With this new material gehry was able to tweak the shape of the exterior creating the iconic silver sails we see today.
The walt disney concert hall at 111 south grand avenue in downtown los angeles california is the fourth hall of the los angeles music center and was designed by frank gehry it opened on october 24 2003. As architecture critic blair kamin wrote in the chicago tribune it was easy for the completed disney to be perceived as bilbao. Frank gehry was selected from among several candidates during a design competition the.
The sequel but kamin clarified the. Designed by architect frank gehry walt disney concert hall new home of the los angeles philharmonic is designed to be one of the most acoustically sophisticated concert halls in the world providing both visual and aural intimacy for an unparalleled musical experience. The walt disney concert hall designed by the architect frank gehry opened in 2003 after many years of gestation.