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After the old city hall was destroyed in the great fire of 1842, it took almost 44 years to build a new one. The present building was designed by a group of seven architects, led by Martin Haller. Construction started in 1886 and the new city hall was inaugurated in 1897. Its cost was 11 million German gold marks, about €80 million. [1]
The building was designed by Henry Hornbostel, who was also responsible for several nearby buildings at Carnegie Mellon University. The university purchased the complex from the Bureau of Mines in 1985. [4] The main building, also known as Building A, was renamed Hamburg Hall and is now the headquarters of the Heinz College.
The Great Concert Hall contains a pipe organ with 69 registers built by Klais Orgelbau. The Recital Hall is intended for the performance of recitals, chamber music and jazz concerts; it can hold an audience of 550 people. [2] In addition, there is the Kaistudio that allows for 170 visitors and is intended to serve educational activities. [22]
Hamburg City Hall: 112 m (367 ft) 1897 Second tallest city hall in Germany. 1 Elbphilharmonie: 110 m (361 ft) 26 2017 Elbe Philharmonic Hall is a concert hall in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg. 2 Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg: 108 m (354 ft) 32 1973 Tallest hotel building in Hamburg. 3 Columbus Haus: 105 m (344 ft) 23 1997
The Laeiszhalle (German: [ˈlaɪsˌhalə] ⓘ), formerly Musikhalle, is a concert hall in the Neustadt of Hamburg, Germany, and home to the Hamburger Symphoniker and the Philharmoniker Hamburg. The hall is named after the German shipowning company F. Laeisz, founder of the concert venue.
The main landmark of the HafenCity is the Elbphilharmonie concert hall. In a narrower sense, HafenCity Hamburg is a project of urban regeneration where the "greater Grasbrook" area of the former Hamburg free port is being revitalised with new hotels, shops, office buildings, and residential areas. The project is considered the largest urban ...
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The Rathausmarkt was built after the Great Fire of Hamburg in 1842, which destroyed also the old city hall near the bridge of Trostbrücke and the buildings near the new city hall, with the exception of the building of Hamburg Stock Exchange. Shortly before the fire, the old St. John's monastery and also the old church of St. John, located on ...