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The Copenhagen Concert Hall considered an insult to say that an architect designs pretty packages, let alone that he borrows ideas from a dead genius.The Copenhagen Concert Hall has the ugliest setting of the three. In a new residential and commercial district on the outskirts of the old inner city, it is flanked by boring glass residential and office blocks. Elevated train tracks running to the old city swing right by the building; swaths of undeveloped land with tufts of grass and mounds of dirt extend to the south.
Operators, keen to shrug off an elitist image and desperate to attract younger audiences, have been pushing their architects to design more ‘transparent’ venues. Buildings that allow the public to pervade their outer boundaries and even, in some cases, to allow glimpses of rehearsals from the street. Rafael Viñoly ’s recently completed ‘inside out’ Curve theatre in Leicester being a classic example of this new imperative.

Architecture is Acoustics, Acoustics is Architecture. Room shape, form, geometry and materials are vital in achieving acoustical success in any performing arts space. Great architecture is essential to make performing arts spaces exciting for current and future generations. The collaboration between acoustician and architect is fundamental in achieving these goals

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