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An asymmetrical glass building on Reykjavík's harbor, Harpa resembles a shimmering iceberg that crashed onto the shore. Since opening in 2010, the city's opera and concert hall has won prominent architectural awards, welcomed over two million visitors and become one of the city's most recognizable landmarks.
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If Harpa seeks to foreground its façade and the Wexford Opera House performs a partial concealment of its exterior, then the New World Center, with its glass wall, points towards a now-you-see-it-now-you-don't exterior treatment, whose effect is heightened at night when internal illumination at night makes the façade 'disappear'.
Olafur Eliasson, Harpa Opera House Concert hall, Harpa concert hall
The facade of Harpa is the work of an artist, the Icelandic-Danish Olafur Eliasson, who gets more attention and a higher billing than the hall's architects, the 52-year-old practice Henning Larsen.
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Harpa is home to the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Icelandic Opera and Reykjavík Big Band, which hold regular concerts throughout the year.. Numerous music festivals have been held in Harpa since the house opened in 2011 and world-famous bands, soloists, dance groups and theatre companies have performed here. Harpa annually presents.
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Harpa was designed by the Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects in co-operation with Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. The structure consists of a steel framework clad with geometric shaped glass panels of different colours.
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Area: 28000 m² Year: 2011 Photographs: Courtesy of Henning Larsen Architects Manufacturers: Schollglas, Zumtobel Text description provided by the architects. Situated on the border between land and.
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Harpa, Portus Group, AGO, Totus Developer Austurnhofn TR - East Harbour Project Ltd. Built in 2007-2011 Height 43m Built-up Area 28.000m2 Location Reykjavik, Iceland Some parts of this article have been translated using Google's translation engine.
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The Opera House is Sydney's best-known landmark. It is a multipurpose performing arts facility whose largest venue, the 2,679-seat Concert Hall, is host to symphony concerts, choir performances, and popular music shows. Opera and dance performances, including ballet, take place in the Opera Theatre (renamed the Joan Sutherland Theatre in 2012 as a tribute to the celebrated Australian.
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Harpa means 'harp' in Icelandic. It is also the Icelandic name for the first month of spring. As Henning Larsen explains, the main idea behind the facade concept was to rethink the building as a static unit, allowing it to respond dynamically to the changing colors of the surroundings.
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8147 Harpa is Rekjavík's premier concert hall and conference centre. Opened in 2011, its design was a collaboration between Danish-Icelandic artist Ólafur Elíasson, and the Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects. Today, it is a cultural centre of Reykjavík and one of the city's most iconic landmarks.
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Harpa´s residents, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, The Icelandic Opera and Reykjavik Big Band nourish the halls with endless music. The smallest resident, Maximus Musikus who also has a permanent residence in Harpa is involved in organizing various events for children all year round.
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Welcome to Harpa - Iceland's answer to the Sydney Opera House. Both structures dominate their harbour foreshore, with Harpa, from a distance, offering a snakeskin jewellery box design as opposed to the Sydney Opera House's broken egg shells. Once inside Harpa, the players, especially those on the top boards, are afforded glorious views.
Harpa opera house, concert hall and conference center in Reykjavik
The Icelandic opera was founded in 1980 and was housed in Reykjavík's old cinema, Gamla Bíó, before it moved to Harpa in 2011. The Icelandic Opera has acquired an important place in the nation's cultural life and received numerous awards and recognition for its outstanding operatic productions.
Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre, Opera House, Reykjavik
Like a phoenix, the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center has become a symbol of the island nation's tourism-fueled recovery from the 2008 national financial crisis. Calls for an opera house in Reykjavik appear in Icelandic newspapers all the way back to the late 1800s, envisioning an iconic cultural incubator for a country on the brink of.