Image 27 of 34 from gallery of Harbin Opera House / MAD Architects. Photograph by Hufton+Crow
Image 15 of 33 from gallery of Oslo Opera House / Snøhetta. Photograph by Snøhetta
Zaha Hadid's £14.5m extension to a listed early-19th century gunpowder store in Kensington Gardens opens to the public on Saturday. From its wavy white roof to the inaugural exhibition of clay sculptures by Adrián Villar Rojas, it is nothing if not unconventional
Image 5 of 33 from gallery of Oslo Opera House / Snøhetta. Photograph by Snøhetta
Image 25 of 34 from gallery of Harbin Opera House / MAD Architects. Photograph by Hufton+Crow
Image 8 of 41 from gallery of Winspear Opera House / Foster + Partners. Photograph by Foster + Partners
Image 19 of 33 from gallery of Oslo Opera House / Snøhetta. Photograph by Snøhetta
Image 2 of 33 from gallery of Oslo Opera House / Snøhetta. Photograph by Snøhetta
Image 12 of 23 from gallery of Opera / Taka Shinomoto + Voar Design Haus. Photograph by Kenta Hasegawa
Image 5 of 15 from gallery of Sydney Opera House Reopens the Newly Renovated Concert Hall. Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Concert Hall opening night. Image © Daniel Boud
Image 11 of 15 from gallery of Perceptual Twist / Parabol Studio. Courtesy of Parabol Studio
Today: A swimming tiger, dancing otters, and a million pound dog.
Image 15 of 18 from gallery of CorpArtes Theater and Cultural Center / Renzo Zecchetto Architects. Photograph by Guy Wenborne
Image 2 of 48 from gallery of The Turbulences FRAC Centre / Jakob + Macfarlane Architects. Photograph by Nicolás Borel
Image 16 of 27 from gallery of Amare Home of the Performance Arts / NOAHH. Plan - Ground floor
Image 1 of 31 from gallery of The POD / Hijjas Kasturi Associates Sdn with Studio Nicoletti Associati. Photograph by Mr. H Lin Ho Courtesy of PJCC
Image 24 of 31 from gallery of Deichman Library / Atelier Oslo + Lund Hagem. Site plan
Image 21 of 53 from gallery of The Hospitality Center / Megabudka Architecture Bureau. Photograph by Ilya Ivanov
Image 32 of 41 from gallery of Segerstedthuset / 3XN. Fifth Floor Plan
Image 16 of 25 from gallery of Iwan Baan's Photographs of the Harbin Opera House in Winter. Photograph by Iwan Baan
Image 2 of 41 from gallery of Winspear Opera House / Foster + Partners. Photograph by Foster + Partners
Image 6 of 37 from gallery of The Blue Planet / 3XN. Photograph by Adam Mõrk
Image 8 of 31 from gallery of Deichman Library / Atelier Oslo + Lund Hagem. Photograph by Einar Aslaksen
An array of talented young singers got to shine
Image 15 of 33 from gallery of Oslo Opera House / Snøhetta. Photograph by Snøhetta
The Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper) is an opera house – and opera company – with a history dating back to the mid-19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria. It was originally called the Vienna Court Opera (Wiener Hofoper); in 1920, it was renamed the Vienna State Opera. The members of the Vienna Philharmonic are recruited from its orchestra. The building was the first major building on the Vienna Ringstraße commissioned by the controversial Viennese "city expansion fund". Work commenced on the building in 1861 and was completed in 1869, following plans drawn up by architects August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll, who lived together in the 6. Bezirk. It was built in the Neo-Renaissance style. The Ministry of the Interior had commissioned a number of reports into the availability of certain building materials, with the result that stones long not seen in Vienna were used, such as Wöllersdorfer Stein, for plinths and free-standing, simply-divided buttresses, the famously hard stone from Kaisersteinbruch, whose colour was more appropriate than that of Kelheimerstein, for more lushly decorated parts. The somewhat coarser-grained Kelheimerstein (also known as Solnhof Plattenstein) was intended as the main stone to be used in the building of the opera house, but the necessary quantity was not deliverable. Breitenbrunner stone was suggested as a substitute for the Kelheimer stone, and stone from Jois was used as a cheaper alternative to the Kaiserstein. The staircases were constructed from polished Kaiserstein, while most of the rest of the interior was decorated with varieties of marble. The decision was made to use dimension stone for the exterior of the building. Due to the monumental demand for stone, stone from Sóskút, widely used in Budapest, was also used. Three Viennese masonry companies were employed to supply enough masonry labour: Eduard Hauser (still in existence today), Anton Wasserburger and Moritz Pranter. The foundation stone was laid on May 20, 1863. from Wikipedia source
Image 5 of 33 from gallery of Oslo Opera House / Snøhetta. Photograph by Snøhetta
The spirit of the place intertwines with sounds to send the listener on a trip out of this world, in these 10 magnificent Opera House interiors.
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The Paris Opera (French: Opéra de Paris, or simply the Opéra) is the primary opera company of Paris, France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra and shortly thereafter became the Académie Royale de Musique. Currently called the Opéra de Paris, it primarily produces operas at its modern theatre Opéra de Bastille which opened in 1989, and ballets at the older Palais Garnier which opened in 1875. source: wikipedia All images on this set was taken by Patrick Cheah. I only did the post processing part. View the Slideshow of Patrick's images. You can also view on black HERE. A selection of Patrick's images will appear on my stream this week while I take a short break. You will surely find them interesting and compelling as much as I do. Hope you will enjoy my selection as I post them in stages. Mr Cheah has graciously allowed me to showcase some of his shots for public viewing at my discretion. Thank you all again for following my stream and I apologise that I am unable to keep up with so many kind comments. Photographer: Patrick Cheah Camera: Sony DSC-WX1 Digital editing: William Cho Software: "Topazlab Adjust" with Photoshop pp: Edited with "Topazlab Adjust". Apply preset preference using "Topaz" on single image. Thank you all for visiting!
During the weekend of Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th Aug 2012 I popped over to Paris with Welshot Imaging to do their “All Night Shoot in Paris” workshop with Will Cheung. During the Sunday we happened to stumble across the Paris Opera House which was just stunning and a HDR photographers dream. For more information about the Le Palais Garnier (Paris opera house) see the links: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Garnier www.operadeparis.fr/en/ For more information about Welshot Imaging see the link: www.welshotimaging.co.uk
Anna and I got last minute tickets to the almost sold-out Opera. We had horrible, cheap seats... but it was still an AMAZING view!! What a gorgeous building!
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