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Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, Calif (2003)

Artist/Designer:

Project Location: Los Angeles, California

Figure 1: Walt Disney Concert Hall Auditorium ( Source | Accessed : May 10, 2022 )
Figure 2: Walt Disney Concert Hall Stage View ( Source | Accessed : May 10, 2022 )
Figure 3: Walt Disney Concert Hall Interior ( Source | Accessed : May 10, 2022 | Photographer: Filippo Vancini )
Figure 4: Walt Disney Concert Hall Interior ( Source | Accessed : May 10, 2022 )
Figure 5: Orchestra Level Plan ( Source | Accessed : May 10, 2022 )
Figure 6: Garden Level Plan ( Source | Accessed : May 10, 2022 )
Figure 7: Gallery Level Plan ( Source | Accessed : May 10, 2022 )
Figure 8: Walt Disney Concert Hall Exterior ( Source | Accessed : May 10, 2022 | Photographer: Dave Toussaint )

Style/Period(s):
Futuristic

Primary Material(s):
Glass, Steel

Function(s):
Concert Hall, Theater

Related Website(s):

Significant Date(s):
21st Century, 2003

Additional Information:
Publications, Texts in Print:
Dixon, John Morris. "Walt Disney Concert Hall." Architect, October 24, 2016. https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/walt-disney-concert-hall_o.
Gibson, Eleanor. "Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall illuminates with dream-like visuals." Dezeen, October 4, 2018. https://www.dezeen.com/2018/10/04/frank-gehry-walt-disney-concert-hall-dreams-projections-refik-anadol/.
Jones, Rennie. "AD Classics: Walt Disney Concert Hall / Gehry Partners." ArchDaily, October 23, 2013. ISSN 0719-8884 https://www.archdaily.com/441358/ad-classics-walt-disney-concert-hall-frank-gehry.
Schiler, Marc, and Elizabeth Valmont. "Microclimatic impact: glare around the walt disney concert hall." In Proceedings of the Solar World Congress 2005 Joint American Solar Energy Society/International Solar Energy Society Conference, pp. 6-12. 2005. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marc-Schiler/publication/228838745_Microclimatic_Impact_Glare_around_the_Walt_Disney_Concert_Hall/links/0046352330b7f80b36000000/Microclimatic-Impact-Glare-around-the-Walt-Disney-Concert-Hall.pdf.
Toyota, Yasuhisa, Keiji Oguchi, and Minoru Nagata. "Acoustical Design of Walt Disney Concert Hall." In Proc. ICA, vol. 2004. 2004. https://www.icacommission.org/Proceedings/ICA2004Kyoto/pdf/Th5.B2.1.pdf.

Building Address:
111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, California, United States

Significant Dates:
Opening: 2003

Supporting Staff, Designers:
Principal/Design: Frank O. Gehry
Project principal: James Glymph
Project architect: Craig Webb
Project designer: Michael Maltzan
Acoustical consultant: Yasuhisa Toyota

Tags: concert hall, theatre, walt disney, performance, music, acoustics




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