Tonhalle Düsseldorf
Domed concert hall built for a 1926 exhibition, home to the city's symphony orchestra.
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This guide to the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf goes back to the summer of 1926 and GeSoLei, a vast exhibition on health, social welfare and physical exercise that drew millions of visitors to the Rhine. It follows the architect Wilhelm Kreis and the brick Ehrenhof he raised in about eighteen months, and asks what a fair devoted to bodies and fitness wanted from the hall at its centre. Best heard at the foot of the outdoor staircase, facing the dome.
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