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The huge dome elegantly toned in gold and oceanic blue, the 16 classic Corinthian columns, the nostalgic terrazzo floor and the symbolic marble staircase …
Nothing seems to have changed, except that the colors are gloriously brighter, when the renovated 90-year-old Shanghai Concert Hall was unveiled on Wednesday. The historic building, constructed as a cinema in 1930, closed in March last year for a facelift. It will reopen to the public this Sunday. “That’s exactly the point and the challenge — to have the historical elements repaired and looking exactly as they were while incorporating better facilities for a much upgraded user experience for audience and performers,” Zuo Chengli, a chief architect from the Zhang Ming Architecture Firm in charge of the historical parts of the building, told Shanghai Daily.
For many people in Shanghai, the concert hall has long been the city’s “music living room” that gave them the first live music experience, and a building with an intriguing history. It is a rare surviving example of a Western classic building designed by Chinese architects in old Shanghai — by China’s first-generation modern architects Fan Wenzhao and Zhao Shen. Both changed to other styles shortly after finishing the original Nanking Theatre.
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