Theatres, Convention Centre, Exhibition Centres

[Techno-Architect]

Thread for posting pix of Concert Halls, Theatres, Convention Centre, Exhibition Centres....... :)

[Techno-Architect]

These are my all time favorite low rise modern buildings:

Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
(dont no who wuz the architect of this building but the concept is awsome)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a381/Techno-Architect/Others/AaFaT-HongKongConventionExhibitionCentre-2.jpg

& Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles designed by Frank Gary! :eek2:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a381/Techno-Architect/Others/AaFaT-LosAngeles-WaltDisneyConcertHall-2.jpg

[Arpels]

Frank Gary is fantastic :eek: o design HK exhibition center?

[Arpels]

Lisbon Expo Park exhibition center:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/fil2.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/fil3.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/fil4.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/fil1.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/filnigth.jpg

Lisbon Belem cultural center (inaugurated in 1993) have an exibition center, theatre, cinemas, tropical, Japoneze and Meditteranean gardens in the first floor:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/ccb01.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/ccb02.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/ccb10.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/ccb11.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/ccb09.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/ccb03.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/ccb04.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/ccb05.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/ccb06.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/ccb07.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mirim1/ccb08.jpg

[Skyland]

Leipzig:
http://www.raisen.com/images/leipzig-messe.jpg

http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb12/afks/bdb/Messe-Leipzig-Vorplatz.jpg

http://www.leipzigfoto.com/pictures/images/air_fotos_2004/picture-0015.jpg

http://www.comic.de/neues/fotos/leipzig2005/1_glashaus.jpg

http://www.ltk2005.uni-leipzig.de/Bilder/messe_nacht.jpg

http://kmubserv.tg.fh-giessen.de/pm/ot/messe3.jpg

Dresden:
http://www.storch-ehlers-partner.de/news/pic/kongresszentrum_dresden_ansicht-sued_350x600px.jpg

http://www.storch-ehlers-partner.de/news/pic/kongresszentrum_dresden_foyer_terrassenebene_330x550px.jpg

http://www.storch-ehlers-partner.de/news/pic/kongresszentrum_dresden_ansicht_marienbruecke_220x500px.jpg

http://www.storch-ehlers-partner.de/news/pic/kongresszentrum_dresden_eingang-nachts_180x500px.jpg

http://www.storch-ehlers-partner.de/news/pic/kongresszentrum_dresden_freitreppe_400x600px.jpg

[Arpels]

that one in Leipzig is cool, full of ligth!!

[Jonesy55]

Bridgewater concert hall in Manchester, UK, about 2,500 capacity I think. Home of the city's symphony orchestra and other classical, jazz and world music events.

http://www.smg-europe.com/ContentResources/C_1_casestudy_2_fullimage.jpg

http://440.datavibe.net/noko/bridgewater/images_1/bridgewater_all.JPG

http://www.grange.org.uk/images/bridgewater1.jpg

Next door is the G-Mex centre, a former rail station which holds exhibitions and concerts and Manchester Internatioanl Convention centre

http://www.ma.man.ac.uk/~higham/photos/manchester/021006-1026-18_std.jpg

http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/Images/News/Newsletters/02-03-08.jpg

http://www.g-mex.co.uk/html/venue/gallery/pic32.jpg

Some others from the UK:

The SECC (Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre), Glasgow

http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/jpgs/secc_angledext.jpg

SAGE, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (concert hall)

http://www.city-sightseeing.com/Images/gallerypics/Newcastle/Sage_Gates.jpg

[Techno-Architect]

The external design of "The SECC (Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre), Glasgow" resembles to the Sydney Opera House.
I like the design of "SAGE, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (concert hall)". Hey JONESY55 can u post some more pix of this place.....itz really awesome.

[Techno-Architect]

Sydney Opera House was designed by Danish Architect "JORN UTZON" in 1956 and finally declared complete in 1973. The building can lay claim to being the first multi-purpose "PERFORMING ART CENTER", with two main auditoria. :)

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a381/Techno-Architect/AaFaT-Sydney-OperaHouse-1.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a381/Techno-Architect/AaFaT-Sydney-OperaHouse-2.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a381/Techno-Architect/AaFaT-Sydney-OperaHouse-5.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a381/Techno-Architect/AaFaT-Sydney-OperaHouse-7.jpg

[Don Pacho]

Wow !!

This concert hall in Newcastle is just amazing...

and the picture is just perfect !!

http://www.city-sightseeing.com/Images/gallerypics/Newcastle/Sage_Gates.jpg

:)

[dewback]

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[m@rco]

Palais des Congres de Paris :
http://www.chdeportzamparc.com/images/maillot/maillot1.jpg

http://www.palais-congres-paris.fr/gb/index.asp


CNIT in La Defense :
http://www.olaf-hintz.de/paris/gross/cnit.jpg

http://foto.erikgeurts.nl/reizen/parijs/parijs_13.jpg

http://www.parisexpo.fr/pexpo/do/Navigate?lang=en&null&lang=en

[TalB]

The most major exhibition hall in NYC is the Jacob K Javits Convention Ctr.

http://www.ixbt.com/editorial/images/mwny2k1/1big.jpg
http://mumblesalot.blogspot.com/javits.jpg
http://www.viewmagazine.com.br/publisher/0203/img/servicos/m1.jpg
http://www.pfungstadter-usa.com/images/pfung2.jpg
http://www.sweetwater.com/reports/103rd-aes/snapshots/outside_javits_center.jpg
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/Tenth%20Ave%20trestle/highline4.jpg
http://macfannet.mycom.co.jp/special/mwce_ny2001/images/010718jizen_report/010718expo_Jacobcenter.jpg

[Melchisedeck]

Auditorium "Parco della Musica" in Rome designed by Renzo Piano

"Music has been the underlying priority of the Auditorium’s architectural and urban project.

All the available areas, both internal and external, have been planned according to their being functional to musical activity. More specifically, the Auditorium has not only three concert halls, but also a rehearsal hall, a foyer and a cavea.

Each of the three halls is different in size and has been constructed with the aim of satisfying the needs of any music genre. The Santa Cecilia Hall can be used for large orchestral and choral symphonic concerts. The Sinopoli Hall, because of its greater acoustic flexibility, is more apt for a great variety of musical genres. This is also because orchestra position can be modified with respect to the audience; the Petrassi Hall , finally, has been assigned to contemporary musical genres, theatre performances and cinema. This is because it has an inbuilt system that allows both the musical source and the audience to be shifted and the sound reverberation tuned.
The two rehearsal halls (one for large orchestras and choir and one for choir only) are also important musical locations. Thanks to the quality of their technical facilities and equipment, they guarantee all practice sessions optimal acoustic conditions.
Even the foyer can be used, on particular occasions, to present simple musical performances.

Finally, the Cavea, the open-air amphitheatre at the centre of the Auditorium, is another particularly interesting musical area welcoming up to 3.000 spectators.
Apart from these areas dedicated exclusively to music, the new Auditorium also has spaces that can be used for conferences, debates, meetings with composers and musicians, research (there is a library and a listening room) and didactic purposes (vocal, musical and multimedia research workshops). Finally, there is also a bookshop, a bar and a restaurant to take pleasant rests."

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/piano/0061.jpg

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/piano/0044.jpg

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/piano/0042.jpg

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/piano/0041.jpg

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/piano/0004.jpg

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/piano/0002.jpg

[Melchisedeck]

Auditorium Niccolo' Paganini in Parma (Italy)... designed by Renzo Piano

"The Paganini auditorium was built inside the disused Eridania sugar factory, a group of industrial buildings of extremely different volumes and structure types. Close to the historical centre, it is located in a now well-established park, which contains many high quality tree and shrub specimens.
Its conversion into an auditorium was made possible thanks to ideal contributing factors. The size of the main block (which hosts the functions dedicated to the musical events: the foyer, the hall and the stage) respects the basic criteria regarding acoustic proportions: its location in the park simplified the soundproofing work and, after the necessary elimination of the extensions, the layout of the various factory units was suitable for holding the auditorium hall, and the service and rehearsal spaces.
The project included eliminating the main body's transversal curtain walls, and replacing them with three large glass walls, to ensure transparency throughout the length of the 90 metres long building. Even during concerts, the park can be seen from any viewpoint in the hall and foyer. A system of soundproof panels hung from the trusses over the stage completes the spatial organisation of the main body.
The public enters through the south end, and proceeds through the building's length: there is first a roofed open air space, leading inside, passing through the first wide glass wall; from here one continues on to the two-levels foyer.
Located at the north end, near the glass end-wall, the 250 square metres stage offers enough space for large musical companies, made of a choir and orchestra. The 780 seats stalls, divided over 590 square metres, covers a slight sloping single level, favouring visibility from all the rows of seats."

http://www.e-architekt.cz/obrazky2004/renzo_piano/parma_auditorium_xl.jpg

http://tinypic.com/9pta1s.jpg

http://tinypic.com/9pta3m.jpg

http://tinypic.com/9pta8p.jpg

http://tinypic.com/9ptab4.jpg

[Melchisedeck]

Music and conference center in Lucerne (Switzerland).
one of the better projects of Jean Nouvel.
http://tinypic.com/a1jtsp.jpg

http://tinypic.com/a1ju6d.jpg

http://tinypic.com/a1jtzm.jpg

http://tinypic.com/a1jvnl.jpg

http://tinypic.com/a1jvpc.jpghttp://tinypic.com/a1jvx3.jpg

http://tinypic.com/a1jvrc.jpghttp://tinypic.com/a1jubo.jpg

The Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas Texas (IM PEI)
http://tinypic.com/a1jx2t.jpg

http://tinypic.com/a1jwx5.jpg

http://tinypic.com/a1jx8o.jpg

http://tinypic.com/a1jxbc.jpg

[brummad]

i thought this last one in dallas was the mcdermott hall. it was when i sang there in 2000??? i remember it specifically as it was the precursor design to symphony hall in bham, same designer who took alot from dallas into the bham hall.

[Giorgio]

Theatre at the foot of acropolis Hill, Athens. Still in use today


http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/coreabroad/pictures/Acropolis/P1010191.JPG

http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/coreabroad/pictures/Acropolis/P1010192.JPG

http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/coreabroad/pictures/Acropolis/P1010193.JPG

http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/coreabroad/pictures/Acropolis/P1010196.JPG

[Arpels]

Lisbon Atlantic Pavilion, built in 1998 with the capacity of 20.000 people and close to Oriente subway station is use for all caind of events (Congreses/Exhibitions/sports/Concerts etc), is more famose because of the concerts and thys yeare thys pavilion it receives the MTV Europe ewords of music:
the exterior:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/Arpels/pavatl1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/Arpels/pavatl2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/Arpels/pavatl3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/Arpels/pavatl4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/Arpels/pavatl5.jpg
the interior, the ceiling is made of wood to make acustic special efects:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/lisbona/interiorpavatl.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/Arpels/pavatlroof.jpg

[TalB]

Currently, there are talks about expanding the Jacob Javits Ctr, though that failed for the Jets Stadium that many didn't want to pay for.

[Be_Happy]

Glasgow;

Clyde Auditorium;
http://www.glasgowholidaylets.co.uk/images/waverley-secc-800.jpg
http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/images/cly_main.jpg
[capacity: 4,000~]

SECC;
http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/images/seccfrnt.jpg
http://www.secc.co.uk/images/gallery/halls/hall_4_seated_10000.jpg
[includes a 11,000~ seat arena]

Royal Concert Hall;
http://www.scotsindependent.org/2003/030110/P2557.jpg
http://www.devoncovehotel.com/images/glas_theatre.jpg
[3,000~ capacity]

[HelloMoto163]

icc berlin

http://www.party-profi.de/foto/15_h.jpg

160,000 m2

http://www.conferenceguideuk.com/images/conference_international/icc_berlin/icc1.jpg

[Techno-Architect]

http://www.uwm.edu/~yfchen/china-trip/shanghai/OperaHouse%20andOtherBuildings.jpg

http://www.uwm.edu/~yfchen/china-trip/shanghai/OperaHouse.jpg

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dlx/sha6.jpg

http://www.theatrestyle.com/Gerriets/artcurtain/shanghai/Shanghai_plans_venues%2023&4.jpg