Elbe Philharmonic Hall
If you’re in Germany, in Hamburg specifically, then you should check out an amazing concert hall rising above the port; it will house the Elbphilhamonie Hamburg in 2012. Called the Elbe Philharmonic Hall, the building appears to float atop an old structure from 1963 called Warehouse A.
What’s remarkable to me is that the whole things works. There’s this 43 year-old, remarkably utilitarian, narrow-windowed warehouse forming the bottom half, while this flowing ribbon of iridescence perches on top. See for yourself.