Elbphilharmonie

Opened at the beginning of 2017 after almost ten years of construction, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie has already fulfilled its greatest promise: the building of the century by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron is not a sublime temple of the Muses, but a place for everyone, a democratic musical venue that combines high culture and dignified entertainment in Hamburg's typical pragmatism. But that's not all: within a very short time, the Elbphilharmonie has become a place of identification as an unmistakable symbol of the city - in a city that has always shied away from building a landmark. This book focuses on the architecture of the Elbphilharmonie. Divided into three large parts and a total of 27 individual chapters, it shows the building in pictures by Hamburg-based architectural photographer Oliver Heissner, who documents the development process from day one.