Tourist attraction
Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre
Cantilevered concert hall roof floating above the lake, with water channels threading beneath the building.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre follows the gap between what Lucerne's voters approved for a new concert hall in nineteen ninety-four and what the building actually cost by the time it opened. It traces architect Jean Nouvel's original vision for the lakeside site, the acoustics work led by consultant Russell Johnson, and the roof's engineering. Listen for the two water channels running beneath the plaza, part of Nouvel's compromise with the lake.
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