Musical architecture

Music in Architecture - Architecture in Music Competitionby Zbigniew Piotrowicz & Soneil Inayat Music is a space. The architectural concept creates an interest…

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Music has inspired architecture in many different ways, whether it be indirectly by influencing how a project is approached by an architect, or more obviously in the final form the building takes. We’ve compiled a wide variety of buildings from around the world whose design has a link to music.

ORPROJECT shared with us, Anisotropia, a proposal for Busan Opera House based on Klavierstück I, a composition for piano by Orproject director...

One of the most controversial stories in architecture so far this year has to be that of Jean Nouvel, who boycotted the opening of his Philharmonie in Paris. The French architect complained that it had opened its doors — as (much-belatedly) scheduled in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo incident — despite remaining unfinished and…

merida palace mexican music intends for an urban revitalization and expresses the magnificence and scale of the surrounding heritage buildings.

From 1953 to 1972, the Hollywood Bowl had a half-moon-shaped reflecting pool in front of the stage. They dismantled it because the moisture wreaked havoc with some of the musical instruments. Plus, let’s be honest, it allowed them to build boxed seating which they could charge a premium for because they offered the best view. So I don’t blame for getting rid of the pool, but as this 1959 shot shows, it must have been awfully pretty the way it reflected the Bowl’s concentric circles.