Gothenburg Concert Hall
Gothenburg Concert Hall from 1935 was drawn by architect Nils Einar Ericsson a major advocate of Functionalism. The Concert Hall, however, has a clear Neo-Classical exterior look, due to the surrounding area at Götaplatsen were the building is placed - the Art Museum and the City Theatre are solid classicistic buildings as well, and were built before the Concert Hall. The interior of the Concert Hall are modernistic, though.
The main auditoriums plain shaped walls are clad in yellowish-red maple veneer and have 1 300 seats. There is also a smaller concert hall, Stenhammarsalen, for chamber concerts. The acoustic qualities of Gothenburg Concert Hall has given it a reputation well outside the Swedish boarders, Deutsche Grammophone has used the Concert Hall as a studio for a number of records, for example.
The Concert Hall is the home stage of Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.