National Centre for the Performing Arts, China

National Centre for the Performing Arts, China

 

 

1. Who is the architect (the person who built it)? The architect that built this structure is Paul Andreu a French architect.

2. When was it built? This structure began construction in 2001 and was completed in 2007.

3. Where is it located? The location is immediately west of Tiananem square and the Great Hall of People, and near the Forbidden city.

4. Is it a private building or can you visit it? It is open to visit by acts, spectators during events.

5. Is there information on how much it cost to build? The cost of  the structure was estimated to be 2.688 billion Renmibai however after delays for Paul Andreu in Paris due to Paris air tunnel collapse equalled to 3.8 billion. The estimation is that every seat in the house is worth almost half a billion.

6. Is there a reason the building was created or the history of the building itself? Not much reason for building is stated however to anyone can noticed it was built for a large venue to house musical events around that area of China.

7. Why did you pick this building? (write at least a paragraph on this question) I chose this structure, because being a musician myself I felt that it must be a cool place to play at both in sound quality and in such creative architecture, of course it would be playing only in my dreams but they must see amazing concerts there it must be a good source of tourism and it would be cool to have something like it close to us.