The new home for the NDR Symphony has turned out to be an ironically
extravagant icon for Hafencity, a $10 billion rebuilt port district
designed to resist global-warming floods. The undulating tiers of seats
in the concert hall, by Swiss duo Herzog and de Meuron, nestle within a
brooding 1960s warehouse topped by a swooping glass tent. The cost of
the project (which includes a luxe hotel and apartments) has spiraled
from $313 million in 2007 to a yet-to-be-determined point north of $500
million. The opening has been delayed two years, to 2012.
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