Walt Disney Concert Hall’s curved stainless-steel forms turn a downtown concert venue into a striking urban landmark. Frank Gehry’s design wraps a richly acoustic performance space in expressive exterior shapes, linking the building’s public image to the sound heard inside.
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The silver curves seem to catch and redirect the city around them. Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, which opened in 2003 as a home for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale. Outside, the stainless-steel forms create a sculptural presence; inside, the goal shifts to sound and musical intimacy.
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- Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Concert Hall.
- The hall was completed in 2003.
- Its organ has 6,134 pipes, only about two percent of which are visible.
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