{"id":4220,"date":"2025-09-16T13:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.confluence.eu\/?p=4220"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:08:53","slug":"fall-2025-lecture-michael-webb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.confluence.eu\/en\/2025\/09\/16\/fall-2025-lecture-michael-webb\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture \/ Michael Webb"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"mc-toc-title\"><strong>EXPERIENCE THE SUBLIME<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Join us in Paris on <u><strong>September 22nd at 5pm<\/strong><\/u><em>\u00a0<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>English architectural writer <strong>Michael Webb<\/strong> will present an illustrated lecture on recently completed European concert halls and opera houses. Large or small, each is designed to delight the eyes and ears. In these halls, architecture and music are fused in a harmonious, mutually reinforcing way. Michael is currently co-authoring a book on this subject with a music critic and has been exploring halls all over Europe and talking with architects and artistic directors.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture will sketch the historic roots of these halls in court theaters and salons, their exponential growth in the 19<sup>th<\/sup>century, and the radical departures from convention of Hans Scharoun in Berlin and Alvar Aalto in Essen. Michael will explore a dozen 21<sup>st<\/sup>-century theaters that push the boundaries in their plans, material palette and civic role, bringing concert-goers and\u00a0\u00a0performers closer together, and broadening the audience for opera and classical music.<\/p>\n<p>Examples will include Snohetta\u2019s Oslo Opera, Jean Nouvel\u2019s KKL in Lucerne, Renzo Piano\u2019s Parco della Musica in Rome and Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center in Athens, Herzog &amp; de Meuron\u2019s Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Henning Larsen\u2019s Harpa in Reykjavik,\u00a0\u00a0Frank Gehry\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, Shigeru Ban\u2019s La Seine Musicale in Paris,\u00a0\u00a0Barozzi-Veiga\u2019s Filharmonie in Szczecin, Peter Haimerl\u2019s Blaibach Konzerthaus and DeLugan Meissl\u2019s Tyrolean Concert Hall in Erl. Each is a powerful architectural statement that reinforces the sense of place and intensifies the experience of a live performance. A discussion will follow the lecture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Webb<\/strong>\u00a0Hon. AIA\/LA has authored 30 books on architecture and design, most recently\u00a0<em>California Houses: Creativity in Context\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Building Community: New Apartment Architecture<\/em>, while editing and contributing essays to a score of monographs. He is also a regular contributor to leading journals in the United States, Asia and Europe. Growing up in London, he was an editor at\u00a0<em>The Times<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Country Life<\/em>, before moving to the U.S., where he directed film programs for the American Film Institute and curated a Smithsonian exhibition on the history of the American cinema. He now lives in Los Angeles in the Richard Neutra apartment that was once home to Charles and Ray Eames.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo : Didier Boy de la Tour \/ Architecture : Shigeru Ban<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXPERIENCE THE SUBLIME Join us in Paris on September 22nd at 5pm\u00a0! English architectural writer Michael Webb will present an illustrated lecture on recently completed European concert halls and opera houses. Large or small, each is designed to delight the eyes and ears. 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