Towards the end of Tuesday, we walked along the harbour to the
Harpa Concert Hall. Harpa is one of the newest and most striking additions to the Reykjavik skyline and was opened in August. We were looking at a book on Iceland earlier today and they commented that the funding for the building came through just before the Icelandic economy collapsed.
It's a jaw-droppingly beautiful building. The interior of the building combines austere black surfaces of the walls and floors with a ceiling of silver, reflective panels, mammoth flying staircases and an exterior curtain wall of glass set in a honeycomb pattern of steel braces.
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| Harpa Concert Hall (exterior) |
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| The ceiling |
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| Interior, leading up to restaurant |
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| Interior, outside the Eldborg Hall |
It must be absolutely stunning at night. We will find out tomorrow. We've got tickets for a special performance of the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra as part of the Iceland Airwaves festival (and we'll also have a chance to hear what the main hall sounds like).
The Harpa website kind of sucks as far as getting an idea of what the exterior looks like but, the interior views are pretty stunning.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting. It's a building that lends itself to pictures. It's on the waterfront and has lots of space around it. Will post my modest attempts at some photos later, but perhaps there's something good on Flickr?
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