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The new opera house in Oslo, built at a cost of about $700 million, designed by Snøhetta (the d00ds who designed the new Alexandria Library in Egypt and the Serpentine Gallery Pavillion in Hyde Park, London) boasts a white Italian marble exterior, and will be inaugurated on April 12. A .pdf file of the excellent brochure is here
(foto Kyrre Lien/Scanpix)
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Ah, but it's aging before it's time, isn't it? The marble is yellowing. Marble being a very porous material as it is.
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2120772.ece
Posted by: Will Mego | April 04, 2008 at 06:55 PM
Looks very interesting, all that really matters, of course, is how it sounds.
Posted by: Henry Holland | April 05, 2008 at 05:23 AM