Malmö Concert Hall, Concert hall in Lugnet, Sweden
Malmö Concert Hall is a building complex in Lugnet, Malmö, opened in 1985 and designed by architect Sten Samuelson. It consists of a tall pale grey rectangular block with rows of small square windows and a shallow sloped roof, bearing the words "Quality Hotel" near its upper right corner, and a lower wing with a broad light-grey sloping roof, a glass facade band above a pale stone base with slender columns. A sign panel near the entrance shows a green figure on the left half and a dark figure on the right half.
The building was constructed to house the orchestra and the city's classical music scene and served as the main hub for these activities for many decades. In 2015, the Malmö Symphony Orchestra moved to a new building complex, marking a turning point in the city's music history.
The building opened in 1985 as a 1,200-seat hall designed by architect Sten Samuelson, and the Malmö Symphony Orchestra played there until moving to Malmö Live in 2015. Concerts had previously been held at Malmö City Theater from 1944, and before that at St. Petri School and the Palladium cinema.
The building stands in the Lugnet neighbourhood of central Malmö, at coordinates 55.59927, 13.00762. It is now an office building of 11,000 m2 housing the Swedish Public Employment Service, plus a 225-room hotel across 13 storeys, so visitors should expect a working office and hotel rather than a concert venue.
After the orchestra departed, the building was repurposed and now houses offices for a national employment agency. The spatial design from its concert hall days remains a distinctive feature of the renovated structure.
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