Henning Larsen Architects designed the Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall & Conference Centre as a revitalizing element for the east harbor. The color of the black Icelandic sand forms great masses in this building and shimmer like earthy jewel in the sun. Artist Olafur Eliasson contributed to the unique glass facades that distort and diffuse the northern sun.
Geometric steel structure is fitted between crystalline glass and gestures sculpturally to the city and to the ocean harbor. Colored LED lights in the facades illuminate a kaleidoscopic effect at night, enhancing the contrast between human technology and natural inspiration. It gradiates between natural inspiration, dark thick mass, and jeweled glazing. The 1,800 seat auditorium explodes in horizontal strips of cardinal red.
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