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Guangzhou Opera House

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Guangzhou Opera House is a public municipal opera house in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, designed by Zaha Hadid and opened on 9 May 2010. It is one of Hadid's earliest completed large scale cultural buildings in China and serves as a major performance venue for the city.

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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Opera House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Guangzhou, People's Republic of China 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
2010 2
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House 1
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1. Guangzhou Opera House (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Guangzhou Opera House (广州大剧院) is a public municipal opera house in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Designed by Zaha Hadid, it opened on 9 May in 2010.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Opera House)
    Guangzhou Opera House (广州大剧院) is a public municipal opera house in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Designed by Zaha Hadid, it opened on 9 May in 2010.
  • In Style: Deconstructivism, infobox architectural_style field: Deconstructivism
  • Uses Element: Granite, Design
    It is conceived as two rocks washed away by the Pearl River. Its freestanding concrete auditorium set within an exposed granite and glass-clad steel frame took over five years to build, and was praised upon opening by architectural critic Jonathan Glancey in The Guardian, who called it "at once highly theatrical and insistently subtle."
  • Uses Element: Glass, Design
    It is conceived as two rocks washed away by the Pearl River. Its freestanding concrete auditorium set within an exposed granite and glass-clad steel frame took over five years to build, and was praised upon opening by architectural critic Jonathan Glancey in The Guardian, who called it "at once highly theatrical and insistently subtle."
  • Uses Element: Steel, Design
    It is conceived as two rocks washed away by the Pearl River. Its freestanding concrete auditorium set within an exposed granite and glass-clad steel frame took over five years to build, and was praised upon opening by architectural critic Jonathan Glancey in The Guardian, who called it "at once highly theatrical and insistently subtle."
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2. Guangzhou Opera House (Wikidata)
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  • Wikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (2010)
    Wikidata item Q3354553, property P1619: 2010
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
    Wikidata item Q3354553, property P131/P17 (location): Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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