Kilden Performing Arts Centre (in

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: ''Kilden teater og konserthus'') is a

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and concert hall on

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. It houses Kilden Teater, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra (KSO) and Opera Sør in a joint project never previously embarked upon. There is room for a variety of concerts and other forms of cultural expression.

The Company

The building is built and owned by the company "Kilden teater- og konserthus for Sørlandet IKS", and Kristiansand Municipality (80%) and

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County (20%) are owners. The company was established in 2003 and the name Kilden (meaning "the source") specified in 2006.

The building

Work on the building began in 2007, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway laid the

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in 2009. The opening was officially finished 6 January 2012. Its architects were

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ALA Architects and

SMS Arkitekter, acoustical consultants were Brekke & Strand, the acoustic design of the concert hall was by Arup and the main contractor was AF group. The building has a gross area of 16,000

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and a volume of 128,000

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. The building cost nearly 1.7 billion Norwegian krones.History
in English, at the official website

Halls

The building has four stages: *Concert Hall with 1 185 seats *Theatre & Opera Hall with 708 seats,

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with space for 70 musicians *Multi-room with 234 seats or 400 standing *Intimate Hall with 150 seats

References

External links

Official website, Kilden Performing Arts Centre

Kilden Performing Arts Centre, www.visitnorway.com

Program

Dezeen Magazine (Artchitecture)
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