‘Its Shell Holds An Unexpected World Inside’: An Art Critic Visits Hamburg’s New Elbphilharmonie

“The architects trick visitors into the daunting [eight-story] climb by changing the subject with a fun house of surprising events. The entrance leads past a decorative digital wall to a long ride on an escalator through a tunnel spotted with mirrored discs. Visitors land at a wide terrace, … [and] another escalator leads to an outdoor piazza … [which] marks the start of a modern version of the Spanish Steps in Rome.”

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