Tuesday, March 8, 2011

new work ::: Guangzhou Opera House

photographs by Iwan Baan

The recently completed Guangzhou Opera House by Zaha Hadid, the architect’s first completed project in China. Shaped to resemble two pebbles on the bank of the Pearl River, the facility is comprised of a 1800 seat Grand Theatre equipped with the very latest acoustic technology and a 400-seat multi-functional hall at a combined cost of U$150 million.

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