HAMBURG, GERMANY (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg’s new cultural landmark on the Elbe River, started construction a year and a half ago and is now reaching completion.
The roofing ceremonies took place on May 28 and 29 and welcomed more than 5000 guests to the venue which will offer Hamburg three concert halls, a hotel, restaurants, a conference center, condos, and a public
plaza among other uses.
Elbe Philharmonic Hall is scheduled to be finished in 2012 and will serve as a unique venue for classical music, jazz, pop and world music.
Swiss architects, Herzog + de Meuron’s creation renovates an old historic brick shipping warehouse which was once used to store cocoa, tea and tobacco from 1966 to the 1990s, with a larger structure covered in glass. After sitting empty for over a decade, the renovations and additions will provide the German city with a useful cultural structure. –by CelebrityAccess Staff Writers
