Architect: Rafael Moneo
Date: 1990 – 1999
Address: Carrer de Lepant, 150, 08013 Barcelona
How to get there: L1 (Marina), L2 (Monumental), T4 (Auditori Teatre Nacional)
Bus Day: 6, 7, 10, 56, 62, B21, B25 Night: N0, N2, N3, N7, N11
The new auditorium for the Barcelona Auditorium Consortium sits near the edge of Barcelona’s nineteenth-century grid and is part of the Plaça de les Glòries. Moneo created the building to be an isolated, self-sufficient building containing two concert halls, a museum of music, and a library of musical studies. All these program elements are within a concrete grid, stainless steel panel in-filled longitudinal structure. Inside this apparently solid volume is a giant void that provides public space and is the center of the building’s life. L’Auditori has become a focus of musical life in Barcelona since its completion.
Exterior Corner of L'Auditori
Central Atrium of L'Auditori
L'Auditori Plan & Section
Exterior of L'Auditori
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