Californian practice INABA has just been selected to design a permanent artwork for a new concert hall in Stavanger, Norway from a field of six invited international teams. The project "Skylight" is a collaboration of INABA in Los Angeles, Buro Happold and MTWTF…

RRA and teams project “Sjørdarnsjenerøs” wins the invited design competition for the New Regional Cultural Center of Stjørdal, Norway. The Jury was unanimous in selecting the project as a winner. The planned program includes a concert hall, cinema, library, hotel and church with proposed completion by 2013.

Serbian/Russian OTASH/OTAKO Studio recently finished reconstruction work on Moscow’s State Kremlin Palace. The auditorium of this gigantic concert hall in the heart of Moscow, formerly known as Palace of Congresses, received a major update and was officially inaugurated in the presence of state and public representatives on…

British Ian Simpson Architects, in collaboration with American acoustics design firm Kirkegaard Associates, has won the international architectural competition for the redesign and transformation of the existing Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp, Belgium. The new design will provide a world class concert hall…

If you’re in Manchester, England this Summer, don’t miss the opportunity to experience an absolutely spectacular cultural highlight: the solo works of Johann Sebastian Bach performed in an extraordinary new chamber music hall designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The chamber music hall has been installed within Manchester Art Gallery…

Just a few days ago, we reported on drdharchitects’s winning proposal in the international competition to design a new library and concert hall in Bodø, Norway. Here is another exciting proposal for Bodø‘s new cultural center that made it into the shortlist, by London-based

London-based drdharchitects has won first place in the international competition to design a new library and concert hall in Bodø, Norway. The Bodø Kulturhus and Library will consist of two public buildings; a new city library (5,500m²) and a three-auditorium concert hall (7,350m²), creating a new cultural center…

The Associations of Polish Architects SARP in Katowice has chosen an urban and architectural concept of the new seat of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. The winning project was prepared by Konior Studio, known for the realization of “Symfonia” - the extension of…

DENVER - Following two days of public presentations from six architectural candidates, the City and County of Denver’s Division of Theatres and Arenas and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (CSO) announced today that the Boettcher Concert Hall Architect Selection Committee chose Diamond and Schmitt Architects and their local partner, Oz Architecture,…