The eyes of the classical music world, some architecture eyes, most Hamburger eyes (evokes an image, doesn’t it?) and any number of vaguely interested eyes not currently engaging with Donald Trump’s ...

Construction began in 2007 and now tickets have gone on sale for the opening season of shows at the Elbphilharmonie (Elbe Philharmonic) concert hall in Hamburg. Designed by Swiss practice Herzog and ...

It was an exciting, slightly rainy New York Monday night in March of 2007, at Carnegie Hall. The North German Radio Symphony Orchestra was in town and I had come up from D.C. to hear their concert – ...

Elbphilharmonie, one of several building projects to embarrass Germany by taking too long and going over budget, is finally finished It took six years longer to build than projected, overshot its ...

Spectacular cultural monuments enliven cities and often bring economic benefits that far outweigh the initial cost. Such may be the case for the controversial Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. From the ...

We're no strangers to Lego recreations of famous buildings here at New Atlas, but this model of Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie has to rate among the better examples. Lego aficionado Florian Müller used the ...

The building project was nearly abandoned - now after 10 years it is finally opening: Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie. Presiding at the official inauguration of the main concert hall is Germany's President ...

HAMBURG, Germany A spectacular new concert hall is rising skyward on the banks of the Elbe River at the end of a pier in the old harbor here. City leaders hope the hall, the Elbphilharmonie, will ...

Germany’s great and good basked in the cultural glow as Hamburg’s concert hall opened its doors last night. In the UK, such a project would be mired in political squabbling and public scorn Ask ...

Architect Jacques Herzog has designed dozens of buildings together with his partner Pierre de Meuron. But his most controversial project to date, the Elbphilharmonie, is about to open in Hamburg.