Topping-Out Ceremony Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Photos of the Topping-Out Ceremony
(© HamburgMusik/ Michael Zapf)

Henner Mahlstedt (Hochtief), Christoph Lieben-Seutter (General Director Elbphilharmonie), Karin von Welck (Hamburg´s Cultural Senator), Pierre de Meuron (architect), Heribert Leutner (ReGe Hamburg) (from left to the right)

Christoph Lieben-Seutter (General Director Elbphilharmonie), Karin von Welck (Hamburg´s Cultural Senator), Pierre de Meuron (architect), Ole von Beust (The Mayor of Hamburg), Heribert Leutner (ReGe Hamburg), Henner Mahlstedt (Hochtief) (from left to the right)

Ole von Beust, The Mayor of Hamburg

Site Foremen Werner Rininsland and Helmut Hesse (from left to the right)

View from the Überseebrücke of the Ceremony Name and crowning wreath

The Plaza

Architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron (from left to the right)

Architects Jacques Herzog, Ascan Mergenthaler and Pierre de Meuron (from left to the right)

Architect Pierre de Meuron and the large concert auditorium

NDR Brass

»Day of the Plaza«

»Day of the Plaza«

The large concert auditorium


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Film Elbphilharmonie Hamburg



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Pictures from the construction site of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Aerial picture of the Elbphilharmonie, April 2010 (© Frizz Foto)

The large concert auditorium, May 2010 (© Michael Zapf)
Structural steelwork in the  large concert auditorium, May 2010 (© Michael Zapf)
Facade, May 2010 (© Oliver Heissner)
Loggia, May 2010 (© Oliver Heissner)

The large concert auditorium, 26th May 2010 (© Oliver Heissner)
View from the west, 26th May 2010 (© Oliver Heissner)
View from the northeast, 26th May 2010 (© Oliver Heissner)
Structural steelwork in the large concert auditorium, 26th May 2010 (© Oliver Heissner)
Structural steelwork in the large concert auditorium, 26th May 2010 (© Oliver Heissner)
Structural steelwork in the large concert auditorium, 26th May 2010 (© Oliver Heissner)

Renderings Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
(© Herzog & de Meuron)
View from the west
View from the northeast
The large concert auditorium