Taipei Music Center
The Taipei Music Center (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.
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| Location | Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Capacity | 6,300 (indoor theater) 15,000 (outdoor amphitheater) |
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| Broke ground | June 19, 2013 |
| Opened | September 2020 |
| Construction cost | NTD$4.45 billion |
| Architect | Reiser + Umemoto |
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
- Taipei invites architects to theater design contest | Taipei Times, 2008.07.25
- Taipei invites world architects to design performance centre
- http://www.reiser-umemoto.com/
- http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/2011/08/0-14-tower.asp
- "〈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.
- Strong, Matthew (27 June 2020). "Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards scheduled for Oct. 3". Taiwan News. Retrieved 27 June 2020.