All-glass House of Music blooms in Budapest park
This is Budapest’s futuristic new concert hall
Locator: Budapest, Hungary
featuring serrated glass walls and 100 light wells in the roof
The House of Music was designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto
MARTON HORN, OPERATIONS DIRECTOR: "We see all those glass surfaces around us which blur the borders between the inside and the outside, between the natural and the built environment. We can particularly feel this in the concert hall where we feel both inside and outside at the same time, and we can listen to a concert where the natural surroundings are not closed off."
The building is part of the ruling nationalist government's push
to transform Budapest's City Park to showcase Hungarian culture
The project has been dogged by political controversy
due to hefty costs and the loss of some green areas