Tenerife Concert Hall , Spain

Lo­ca­ted on the Ave­nue of the Con­sti­tu­tion in the Ca­na­rian ca­pi­tal, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava designed a sweeping white concrete concert hall for the waterfront of Santa Cruz. Con­struc­tion began in 1997 and was com­ple­ted in 2003.

The buil­ding stands on a plot of 23,000 m² of which the au­di­to­rium oc­cu­p­ies 6,741 m², di­vi­ded into two cham­bers. The main hall or Sym­phony, crow­ned by a dome, has 1,616 avail­able seats in an am­phi­thea­ter and a stage with an opening of 16.5 me­ters and a depth of 14 me­ters. Organ pipes emerge from both sides of the pit, de­si­gned by Albert Blancafort.

The cham­ber hall, with 422 seats, re­pro­du­ces the sym­phony hall am­phi­thea­ter on a smal­ler scale. In the lobby, ac­ces­si­ble from two sides of the buil­ding, are the press room, a shop and cafe. The buil­ding also has a dozen in­di­vi­dual dres­sing rooms, as well as rooms for hair­dres­sing, makeup, costu­mes, etc. The ex­te­rior has two ter­ra­ces over­loo­king the sea.

Style: Contemporary
Client: Cabildo Insular de Tenerife (Tenerife Town Council)
Architect: Santiago Calatrava
Seating Capacity: 1,616
Property Area: 5.7-acre
au­di­to­rium area: 6,741 m²
Completed: Fall 2003