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6 wrz 2008 · A heroic fundraising effort led to the construction of Benaroya Hall — and ensured the survival of Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
Benaroya Hall is the home of the Seattle Symphony in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. It features two auditoria, the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, a 2,500-seat performance venue, as well as the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, which seats 536.
Benaroya Hall. Rising six stories and encompassing an entire city block, this premier venue for the Seattle Symphony features a 2,500-seat concert hall, 600-seat recital hall, rehearsal spaces, and underground parking for 400 vehicles.
The Seattle Symphony has gone through a remarkable transition since the creation of Benaroya Hall. The late 1980s and early 1990s found the Orchestra in the same situation as many others across the United States — performing concerts in an oversized hall not designed for symphonic music.
Designed by the Seattle-based architectural firm of Loschky, Marquardt and Nesholm (LMN), which interestingly served as the local architect on the comparatively flamboyant Seattle Central Library, Benaroya Hall’s block-long yet nearly unnoticeable main facade along busy Third Avenue easily could be mistaken for a repurposed New Deal–era governme...
The Benaroya Hall is the headquarters of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. It is funded from public and private funds, The Seattle City Council donated the land valued at $ 10.5 million and the site was built with private funds.
Services Architecture, Interior Design, Planning Home to the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and occupying an entire downtown block, Benaroya Hall embraces its civic and cultural presence with a multi-layered expression of public realm.
