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"Mystery is never far from Seduction"

The DR Koncerthuset was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel for the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. When I first moved here in 2009, I thought that it was still under construction because the outside was covered with scaffolding. Just goes to show how much I know - that scaffolding is actually the facade of the building and it is very much complete. Okay, it doesn't look like much from the outside, but in a typically French fashion there is much more to this building than meets the eye.

 

Personally I find the total absence of a typical building facade quite a nice move. The blue box lights up at night like a movie screen. Everything important is happening on the inside and there are some really nice details - the lighting, the public areas, the suspended concert hall itself.