The Philharmonie de Paris in the Parc de la Villette was designed by Jean Nouvel with his partner Brigitte Métra, who won the competition in April 2007. Construction was announced on March 6, 2006, and it opened on January 14, 2015. The article names no client.
The article gives no style or materials. The main hall has 2,400 seats, with the farthest spectator about 36 yards (33 m) from the conductor, and a Rieger organ with 6,055 pipes and 91 stops. A rooftop belvedere looks toward the Eiffel Tower,.
Cost was initially expected at €170 million and ended near €386 million. The opening concert honored the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack, and Nouvel did not attend because of a dispute over costs and the completion date. It stages mainly symphonic concerts, plus jazz and world music.
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