Disney Concert Hall
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Hey, does anyone know where the front door is?
A remarkable addition to the Los Angeles architecture is the Walt Disney Concert hall.
The building is worthy of a visit on its own. The building did create some problems for the city after completion. The reflective qualities of the surface were amplified by the concave sections. Some residents of the neighboring condominiums suffered glare caused by sunlight that was reflected off these surfaces and concentrated in a manner similar to a parabolic mirror. The resulting heat made some rooms of nearby condominiums unbearably warm, caused the air-conditioning costs of these residents to skyrocket and created hot spots on adjacent sidewalks of as much as 140 degrees Fahrenheit. After complaints from neighboring buildings and residents, 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 lighty sanding the panels to eliminate unwanted glare
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Gallery: ARCHIVE
Tags: architecture
Name:: vera
Saturday, Feb 23, 2008 - 03:58PM
interesting shot and explainations too!
Name:: Luke
Saturday, Feb 23, 2008 - 05:16PM
This looks very beautiful! I'm glad that the problem was resolved.
Name:: pieterbie
Sunday, Feb 24, 2008 - 01:15AM
Amazing, the problem architecture can cause.
This is breathtakingly beautiful!
This is breathtakingly beautiful!
Name:: moonhead
Sunday, Feb 24, 2008 - 05:48AM
Great shapes and composition. (and very interesting info to accompany the image)
Name:: ndiginiz
Sunday, Feb 24, 2008 - 11:27AM
Tena koe ehoa
I like designs that have a relative element of naturalness about them and this is a design that I think would be very nice and look very much attuned to the right landscape or cityscape.
It would be a great view from a distance.
I like designs that have a relative element of naturalness about them and this is a design that I think would be very nice and look very much attuned to the right landscape or cityscape.
It would be a great view from a distance.
Name:: tati
URL:: www.tati.web-log.nl
Sunday, Feb 24, 2008 - 01:34PM
Thanks for your additional comment.
Fortunately they could solve the problem. It is a really nice building ! It's a pity it's too far for me to visit it :-(
Fortunately they could solve the problem. It is a really nice building ! It's a pity it's too far for me to visit it :-(
Name:: Jeremi
URL:: www.jbroadhurstphotography.com/bullfrogsvision
Sunday, Feb 24, 2008 - 05:08PM
Wow amazing building!
