Sitting atop an existing brick warehouse like a crystal sculpture on a pedestal or a glass castle on a rock, the city’s new landmark, at once both architecture and art, majestically soars above the city, gleaming with reflections of the river below and the sky above.
The Elbphilharmonie was designed as a new centre of social, cultural and daily life for the people of Hamburg and as such, apart from the Philharmonic’s various functions, which include three auditoria and Musical Education spaces, also houses a five star hotel, 45 luxury apartments, restaurants and bars as well as a car-park and a public plaza which serves to weave all of these facilities together.
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