Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne

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Title	Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne
Alternate Title	KKL Luzern
View	Interior with part of the curved concert hall at right
Work Type	buildings convention centers buildings performing arts buildings concert halls
Style/Period	Twentieth century
Creator Name	Nouvel, Jean, 1945-
Creator Nationality	French
Date.Creator Birth	1945
Contributors to Project	Jean Nouvel (French architect, born 1945)
Subject.work	architecture contemporary (1960 to present) music Performing arts
Subject.image	interior
Country	Switzerland
City	Lucerne
State/Province	Luzern [Canton]
Location.Notes	Luzern; Europaplatz 1
Architectural Material	steel; glass; acoustic tile
Technique	construction (assembling)
Dates	1993-2000 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	1/5/2008
Subject Information	The American architect and acoustics engineer Russell Johnson (1924-2007) with his company artec group designed the acoustics for the concert Hall in Lucerne. The center occupies a large and magnificent central site, facing onto the lake. From the lake the building is dominant but graceful, its horizontal profile and gently-sloped roof lying low beneath the mountain backdrop. From the building, the lake provides stunning views from the balcony - framed by the dramatic overhanging roof - and through the irregular windows of the main facade. The building comprises three different spaces - a carefully acoustically-engineered concert hall, a flexible space for concerts and congresses, and an art gallery. Each has a quite different character architecturally, unified only by the generous roof and the plaza it covers.
Information.source	Galinsky [website]; http://www.galinsky.com/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)

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