Benaroya Hall

Benaroya Hall
Address 200 University Street
Seattle, Washington
United States
Coordinates 47°36′29″N 122°20′13″W / 47.608051°N 122.336948°W / 47.608051; -122.336948 (Benaroya Hall)Coordinates: 47°36′29″N 122°20′13″W / 47.608051°N 122.336948°W / 47.608051; -122.336948 (Benaroya Hall)
Type Concert hall
Capacity Taper: 2,500
Nordstrom: 536
Construction
Opened September 1998
Architect LMN Architects
Website
www.seattlesymphony.org
3rd Avenue side of Benaroya Hall
Seattle Symphony on stage in Benaroya Hall in May 2009

Benaroya Hall is the home of the Seattle Symphony in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. It features two auditoria, the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, a 2500-seat performance venue, as well as the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, which seats 536. Opened in September 1998 at a cost of $120 million, Benaroya quickly became noted for its technology-infused acoustics, touches of luxury and prominent location in a complex thoroughly integrated into the downtown area. Benaroya occupies an entire city block in the center of the city and has helped double the Seattle Symphony's budget and number of performances. The lobby of the hall features a large contribution of glass art, such as one given the title Crystal Cascade, by world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly.[1]

Benaroya Hall is named for noted philanthropist Jack Benaroya, whose $15.8 million donation was the first and largest of many for construction of the facility.[2]

The hall was designed by LMN Architects of Seattle, and was awarded the National Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects in 2001. The structural engineer on the project was Magnusson Klemencic Associates.

The building sits directly above the Great Northern Tunnel, which carries the primary rail corridor through the city, and adjacent to the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, which has a station directly integrated into the building. The performance hall is insulated from the rumbles of the traffic in these tunnels and the streets outside the hall by floating on rubber pads which insulate it from the outer shell of the building. These same noise-insulation features would also serve to dampen the destructive effects of any prospective earthquakes.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Art". Seattle Symphony. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  2. ↑ "About". Seattle Symphony. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  3. ↑ "Hall Design". Seattle Symphony. Retrieved 2016-10-02.

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