Casa da Musica in Porto Portugal

Casa da Musica in Porto Portugal Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Cesar Soares / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID:

B2E2GE

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60 MB (1.4 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5610 x 3740 px | 47.5 x 31.7 cm | 18.7 x 12.5 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

2007

Location:

Porto, Portugal

More information:

Casa da Música is a major concert hall space in Porto, Portugal which houses the cultural institution of the same name with its three orchestras Orchestra Nacional do Porto, Orchestra Barroca and Remix Ensemble. It was designed by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas with Office for Metropolitan Architecture and Arup-AFA, and was built as part of Porto's project for European Culture Capital in 2001 but was only finished in the first half of 2005 and immediately became an icon in the city. The Building engineers were Ove Arup - London together with Afassociados, Oporto