Walt Disney Concert Hall Construction Details

Bounded by hope street grand avenue and 1st and 2nd streets it seats 2 265 people and serves among other purposes as the home of the los angeles philharmonic orchestra and the los angeles master chorale.

Walt disney concert hall construction details. The hall is a compromise between a vinyard style seating configuration like the ber. The history of the building began in 1987 when lillian walt disney widow of businessman donates 50 million to start building a philharmonic hall. The walt disney concert hall at 111 south grand avenue in downtown los angeles california is the fourth hall of the los angeles music center and was designed by frank gehry. While construction of gehry s guggenheim museum in bilbao shown here was completed sooner the design for the disney concert hall was his earliest project incorporating his now trademark stainless steel curves.

A complex mesh of political planning management and bidding problems led to a shutdown of the project in 1994. The walt disney concert hall project is being designed as world class concert hall with a seating capacity of 2 380 seats. One of the world s most admired concert halls starred on the cover of a p a awards issue a full decade before its first concert. The idea was to create a reference point for music art and architecture which position the city of los angeles in the cultural level.

Launched in 1987 with a 50 million gift from the widow of hollywood entertainment icon walt disney the los angeles cultural project languished for several years while requisite funds totaling 274 million were raised. It opened on october 24 2003.