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Symphonic Concert Halls

Hall & LocationDate
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Musikvereinssaal
(Music Association Hall)
Vienna, Austria
1870Theophil Ritter von Hansen
17.4 x 19.8 x 35.7
57'1" x 64'11.5" x 117'1.5"
(cutaway)
Boston Symphony Hall
Boston, Massachusetts
1898
Wallace Clement Sabine
18.6 x 22.9 x 39
61'.25" x 75'1.5" x 127'11.5"
(cutaway)
Concertgebouw
(Concert Building)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
1887
A. L. van Gendt
17.1 x 27.7 x 26.2
56'1.25" x 90'10.5" x 85'11.5"
 
     
Birmingham Symphony Hall
Birmingham, England
1991Russell Johnson
22.9 x 27.4 x 31.7
75'1.5" x 89'10.75" x 104'
(interior)
Carnegie Hall
New York, New York
1891
William B. Tuthill
23.8 x 25.9 x 32.9
78'1" x 84'11.6" x 107'11.25"
 
Center in the Square
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
1980
Russell Johnson
  
Chiang Kai Shek Cultural Cntr.
Taipei, Taiwan
1987
K. Heinrich Kuttruff
18 x 26.8 x 32.3
59'.6" x 87'11.2" x 105'11.6"
 
Conservatory Grand Hall
Moscow, Russia
1901V. Zagorsky, architect
  
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, California
2003Yasuhisa Toyota
  
Kultur und Kongress Centrum
Luzern, Switzerland
1998
Artec Consultants
(Russell Johnson)
23.5 x 22 x 27.4
77'1.25" x 72'2.2" x 89'10.75"
(interior)
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, Massachusetts
1857
Elbridge Boyden
12.5 x 24.7 x 27
41'.2" x 81'.4" x 88'7"
 
McDermott Hall,
Meyerson Center
Dallas, Texas
1989
Artec Consultants
Russell Johnson
26.2 x 25.6 x 30.8
85'11.5" x 84' x 101.5'
(exterior)
(interior)
Neus Gewandhaus
Leipsig, Germany
1884
1981
Kuestner & Winkler
19.8 x 36 x 32.3
64'11.5" x 118'1.5" x 105'11.6"
(interior)
Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood
Lenox, Massachusetts
1994
Kirkegaard & Associates
14.9 x 20.7 x 28.6
48'10.6" x 67'11" x 93'10"
 
St. Andrews Hall
Glasgow, Scotland
1877
burned to ground in 1962
18 x 22 x 42
59'.6" x 72'2.2" x 137'9.5"
 
Smetana Hall
Prague, Czech Republic
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Tonhallesaal
Zurich, Switzerland
1895Fellner and Helmer14 x 19.5 x 29.6
45'11.2" x 63'11.75" x 97'1.4"
 
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Troy, New York
1870George Brown Post, architect
18.6 x 21 x 32.3
61'.25" x 68'10.75" x 105'11.6"
 

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