Taipei Music Center

Taipei Music Center
Cultural hall (left), concert hall (center) and creative production facilities (right)
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LocationNangang, Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates25°3′7″N 121°35′53″E / 25.05194°N 121.59806°E / 25.05194; 121.59806
Capacity6,300 (indoor theater)
15,000 (outdoor amphitheater)
Construction
Broke groundJune 19, 2013 (2013-06-19)
OpenedSeptember 5, 2020
Construction costNTD$4.45 billion
ArchitectReiser + Umemoto

The Taipei Music Center (TMC; Chinese: 台北流行音樂中心; pinyin: Táiběi Liúxíng Yīnyuè Zhōngxīn; lit. 'Taipei Popular Music Center') is a performing arts and cultural venue in Nangang District, Taipei, Taiwan, including a 5,000-seat concert hall, cultural hall and creative production facilities.

Overview

City officials announced plans on July 24, 2008 to conduct an international design competition for the facility in tandem with plans for the Taipei Performing Arts Center.[1][2] In 2012, government officials announced that winner of the design competition was Reiser + Umemoto, RUR Architecture P.C.,[3] the New York City based American architectural firm represented by a joint collaboration between American architect Jesse A. Reiser and Japanese architect Nanako Umemoto, both well known in the architectural world for their innovative post-modernist aesthetic. The firm is particularly well known for its recently completed office tower, 0-14, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[4] Construction began on 19 June 2013.[5]

The center opened on September 5, 2020, before hosting the 31st Golden Melody Awards on October 3.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Taipei invites architects to theater design contest | Taipei Times, 2008.07.25
  2. ^ Taipei invites world architects to design performance centre
  3. ^ "Home". reiser-umemoto.com.
  4. ^ "0-14 Tower".
  5. ^ "〈台北都會〉流行音樂館動土 議員籲得加緊育才". Liberty Times Net. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
  6. ^ Strong, Matthew (27 June 2020). "Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards scheduled for Oct. 3". Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
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