Opera House Design

In some fo my lectures we briefly looked at some of the famous opera houses. I found that most of them all seemed to be very modern so therefore led me to research them in more detail. The opera house designs I discovered are very inspiring to me. Below are some images of some of my favourite designs.

Norways Opera House. -  The building is situated in Bjørvika, Oslo and houses both opera and other cultural events. It is made from marble and glass. The sheer size of the building is fascinating, the floor area of the base of the building is equivalent to four international standard football fields and measures more than 38,000 square metres. The building boasts three stages and a total of 1,100 rooms.

From the outside, the most striking feature is the white sloping stone roof which rises directly up allowing visitors to walk up and take in views of the city.



Valencia Opera House -

The enormous Valencia Opera House covers an area of 87,000 square meters among which 10,000 square meters is the pool surrounding it. The building is stunning, especially the roof which was built with feathers and two shells on the outer side of the building. It is wrapped in lucent steel and an intricate design of ceramic is found on the outer structure. The roof is supported by two pillars.

The shape of the opera house resembles an egg shell and also a ship, which has round portals. The most striking structure part of the opera house is the two sheaths which form a structure of a blown up ribbon rendering uniqueness.

Copenhagen Opera House - This design is very striking. The outter surface of the building is made from limestone. Canals have been dug to make the Opera look as if it were placed on an island just a bit larger than the building itself. This also meant that bridges were needed, and these bridges were made using very old oak.

The front of the opera was originally meant to have a large glass surface, where you could see the shell of the auditorium from the harbor side however this idea was scraped due to glass 'not aging well'.