Göteborgs Konserthus
Functionalist concert hall behind a neoclassical facade, its auditorium lined in warm sycamore wood.
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This guide to Göteborgs Konserthus in Gothenburg starts with the motto architect Nils Einar Eriksson pinned to his winning competition entry in nineteen thirty-one, and the creature he said was hiding behind the neoclassical front. It reaches back to the city's earlier concert hall on Heden and a January night in nineteen twenty-eight. Best heard standing on Götaplatsen, facing the columns.
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