{"id":7882,"date":"2013-11-06T11:49:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T10:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/?p=7882"},"modified":"2013-11-06T11:49:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T10:49:52","slug":"harpa-concert-hall-reykjavik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/harpa-concert-hall-reykjavik\/","title":{"rendered":"HARPA Concert Hall, Reykjavik"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/HARPA_640x730_01.jpg\" alt=\"HARPA_640x730_01\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7886\" \/>\n\nThe new Harpa Concert Hall rises up like a giant cut crystal in front of the jagged coast of Reykjavik harbour. The honeycomb elements of the fa\u00e7ade make up a dazzling sea of multicoloured highlights. Refl ections on the water surface reinforce the association with a natural phenomenon, calling to mind mysterious northern lights. The sparkling Concert Hall and Conference Centre that now adorns the cosmopolitan capital of Iceland was designed by Henning Larsen Architects in cooperation with the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, who was responsible for the characteristic appearance of the outer envelope. <!--more--><br><br>\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/HARPA_640x730_02.jpg\" alt=\"HARPA_640x730_02\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7887\" \/>\n\nThe area in front of the building is bathed in mystical blue light emanating from hidden sources of light, transmitted inside the building through glass fi elds. Olafur Eliasson and Zumtobel developed a special new type of luminaire, the shape and colour of which permits almost invisible integration in the prism structure of the fa\u00e7ade, lighting it up with LEDs. Inside the crystalline outer envelope, visitors can expect to experience music in a new dimension. The large three-tiered concert hall with a blazing red interior is named after one of Iceland\u2019s most beautiful volcanoes \u201cEldborg\u201d, meaning \u201cFire Castle\u201d.<br><br>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/KU_IS1101_8878_Harpa_Aussen_01_Print_640.jpg\" alt=\"KU_IS1101_8878_Harpa_Aussen_01_Print_640\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7889\" \/><br><br>\n\nCredits: Henning Larsen Architects, Kopenhagen  &#8211; Architecture <br>\nStudio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin &#8211; Lightning Design<br><br>\nVia: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zumtobel.com\/gb-en\/12150.html\">Zumtobel<\/a><br> Photos: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new Harpa Concert Hall rises up like a giant cut crystal in front of the jagged coast of Reykjavik harbour. The honeycomb elements of the fa\u00e7ade make up a dazzling sea of multicoloured highlights. Refl ections on the water surface reinforce the association with a natural phenomenon, calling to mind mysterious northern lights. The [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaarchitecture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}