The Glasshouse, Concert hall on River Tyne banks, Gateshead, United Kingdom.
The Sage Gateshead features curved glass walls and steel structures, creating an advanced performance center with multiple event spaces across seven floors.
Foster and Partners designed this music venue as part of the Gateshead Quayside regeneration project, which opened its doors in December 2004.
The Royal Northern Sinfonia, the only chamber orchestra in the United Kingdom, performs regular concerts in the main auditorium of Sage Gateshead.
The main concert space accommodates 1,700 people, while a secondary hall fits 400 visitors, with both venues offering specialized acoustics for different music types.
The building contains three separate halls that float on rubber cushions, preventing sound from traveling between performance spaces during simultaneous events.
Location: Gateshead
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Inception: December 17, 2004
Architects: Foster and Partners
Official opening: December 17, 2004
Architectural style: high-tech architecture
Floors above the ground: 7
Website: https://theglasshouseicm.org
GPS coordinates: 54.96770,-1.60200
Latest update: May 27, 2025 08:43
Newcastle upon Tyne and its neighbor Gateshead form a lively urban area in the northeast of England, where industrial history meets contemporary creation. The city retains traces of its medieval past with Castle Keep, a 12th-century fortress, while Grey's Monument reflects 19th-century political reforms. The Victoria Tunnel showcases the period when Newcastle was a major coal industry hub. For culture enthusiasts, the Great North Museum houses archaeological and natural history collections, the Theatre Royal has offered various performances since 1837, and BALTIC provides a space for contemporary art in an old grain mill. The two banks of the Tyne River offer contrasting experiences. In Newcastle, St James' Park has hosted local football matches for over a century, and Fenwick department store continues a 140-year-old shopping tradition. across the river in Gateshead, the Sage Gateshead offers musical programming in a modern building from 2004, and the Angel of the North, a large steel sculpture visible from the highway, has become a recognizable landmark of the region. This destination combines industrial heritage, Georgian architecture, and recent cultural projects.
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