Blog#5: Walt Disney Concert Hall

Hi, this is Fumika. How are you? Today I’m going to introduce a building of Frank Gehry. I watched many buildings which built by him, and it was really hard to decide the one to talk about, because every building was beautiful. Finally, I decided to introduce Walt Disney Concert Hall which is in Los Angeles, California. As its name, this is a concert hall, and Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, decided to build this. Frank Gehry took charge of the design, and Yasuhisa Toyota who is an acoustician took charge of the acoustics. The construction was started in 1999 and completed in the spring of 2003. It cost about one hundred and thirty million. In addition, for saving the cost, Frank Gehry changed the original material of exterior wall to less costly metal skin. I don’t know what he tried to use originally, but I like this metal skin. In the daytime, it changes the atmosphere by the sky. At night, it really reflects the illumination beautifully.

Moreover, Frank Gehry also made a very unique design inside. It’s a large concert organ which was completed in 2004.

Both outside and inside are very beautiful and powerful indeed. Also it’s just right for the Disney. The Disney always give us impact and impress, I think this concert hall does same. I want to go there, and listen to a concert someday. It will be an amazing experience. If you want to know about Walt Disney Concert Hall more, click here.

Lastly, this is a video about Walt Disney Concert Hall and Frank Gehry.