Walt Disney Concert Hall is the fourth building at the Los Angeles Music Center, completed on October 23, 2003, and designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Frank Gehry.
Home to the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Disney Concert Hall has a seating capacity of 2,265 seats, a 266-seat Roy Disney Theater, and a small theater with more than 100 seats. The entire building has a significant deconstructivist architectural character, as well as a strong Gehry metal sheet roof style, which makes it an important landmark on South Avenue in downtown Los Angeles.
The proposal for Disney Concert Hall came from Walt Disney's widow, Lillian, who announced a $50 million donation to build a concert hall named after Walt Disney with the best acoustics and a garden that Lillian liked. Frank Gehry completed the blueprints in 1991 and won Lillian's favor, and construction began in 1992.
However, when the concert hall was completed, it caused a lot of controversy over whether to destroy the cityscape. Polished stainless steel panels on the building's flaky roof, like concave mirrors, reflect hot sunlight into surrounding apartments or pavements, causing temperatures to rise, and complaints have been drawn. The conductor of the concert hall also said that he had repeatedly seen the construction warning triangle on the opposite street melt because it could not withstand the high temperature, and also found spontaneous combustion in garbage cans.
In the face of many complaints, Disney Concert Hall had to spend another amount of money to reduce the reflectivity of several roofs that easily reflected light into people's activity areas by sandblasting, so as to avoid the same problem from happening again.
In addition to the exterior issues, the architecture community at the time questioned whether the interior space could provide the concert hall's good acoustics. But after a few musical performances, Disney Concert Hall received wider praise for its good acoustics compared to Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, another important hall at the L.A. Music Center.
Today, Walt Disney Concert Hall is a beating note in the city of Los Angeles, with a creative look that combines the toughness of steel with the femininity that has made it a work of art. The world's top symphony concerts are held here from time to time, and visitors can buy concert tickets or tickets on the official website or at the concert hall ticket office.
Guests can visit Disney Concert Hall with either an audio guide or a tour leader. The most comprehensive way to explore the concert hall, an audio guide narrated by Emmy and Tony Award winner John Lithgow details the concert hall's history from conception to completion, as well as information about architect Frank Gehry and other major builders. The tour guide will explain the highlights of this spectacular building while taking visitors inside the interior of the concert hall and gardens.
In addition, the Ira Gershwin Gallery on the second floor of Walt Disney Concert Hall is a must-see highlight of Hodgetts and Hodgetts+ Fung's design. The gallery rotates the collection every six months and is open to visitors on sightseeing tours or concert hall performances.
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