Walt Disney Concert Hall
VRA Core
Title
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Agent
Frank Gehry (American architect, born 1929 in Canada)
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
111 South Grand Avenue
-84.194491
Date
1999–2003 (creation)
21st century
Style Period
Postmodern
Twenty-first century
Cultural Context
American
Worktype
buildings
performing arts buildings
auditoriums
buildings
performing arts buildings
concert halls
Material
stainless steel
steel
glass
Measurements
Entire building: over 3.6 acres with elevated publ
Subject
Architecture and City Planning
architectural exteriors
architectural interiors
contemporary (1960 to present)
music
Performing arts
Performing arts
interior
acoustical engineering
concert hall
Description
South west sidewalk view
Bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, 1st and 2nd Streets, it seats 2,265 people and serves (among other purposes) as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. While the architecture (as with other Gehry works) evoked polarized opinions, the acoustics of the concert hall (designed by Yasuhisa Toyota) were widely praised in contrast to its predecessor, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. After complaints from neighboring buildings and residents about the sun glare from the stainless steel panels, the owners asked Gehry Partners to come up with a solution. Their response was a computer analysis of the building's surfaces identifying the offending panels. In 2005 these were dulled by lightly sanding the panels to eliminate unwanted glare.
Inscription
WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
Rights
© Javier Gomez
ID
GOMEZAT0096
Source
Javier Gomez
State Edition
35 mm slides
Collection
Citation
Gehry, Frank, Walt Disney Concert Hall, 1999–2003 (creation), Los Angeles, California, United States, TTU Arch Design Images. Image Source: Javier Gomez. https://archimage.lib.ttu.edu/items/show/15260.
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