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Benaroya Hall

Seattle, Washington, USA
American Seating

Benaroya Hall features two performance halls and occupies an entire city block in downtown Seattle. The 2,500-seat S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium strikes an elegant balance of stunning architecture, audience intimacy, and superb acoustics.

187,000
square-foot facility
3
balconies in the concert hall
4,490
pipes in the organ

The concert hall features stepped-down balconies, state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems, and a pipe organ. Home to the Seattle Symphony, and it has been celebrated for it acoustic warmth and clarity of tone—which can also be said of Benaroya’s secondary performances space—the Nordstrom Recital Hall. The 540-seat recital hall is an intimate single-tiered room that commonly hosts jazz, string, choral, and amplified music. An expansive lobby offers sweeping views of the city through immense bay windows and functions as a multi-use event space. A block-long promenade provides access to the performance spaces, shops, cafes, the ticket office, parking, and a light rail station. The versatile complex also houses Soundbridge—an interactive music education center.

Theatre Projects
owner:
BH Music Center
architect:
LMN Architects
acoustician:
Dr. Cyril Harris
users:
Seattle Symphony, touring performances, Northwest Sound Chorus, Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, and the American String Project
spaces:
  • 2,500-seat concert hall
  • 540-seat recital hall
construction type:
New construction
theatre type:
Arts & cultural centers, Auditorium design/seating, Music venues
services:
Theatre planning and theatre equipment design and specification
completion:
1998
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