The Royal Albert Hall stands in South Kensington, London, built as part of a cultural quarter proposed by Prince Albert and completed in 1871, nine years after his death, as a hall dedicated to the arts and sciences in his memory. Its distinctive elliptical amphitheatre form, capped by a shallow glazed dome and ringed by a terracotta frieze depicting the triumph of arts and sciences, used an iron and glass roof structure innovative for its time. The hall became internationally known for hosting the Proms, an annual summer season of classical music concerts founded in 1895, and its interior acoustics, originally troubled by a persistent echo, were later corrected by suspending large fiberglass acoustic diffusing discs from the ceiling. It remains one of London's most recognizable concert venues.
Facts
Building Type LocationKensington Gore, South Kensington, London, England 1 Completed Year Partially Attested
Height (m)41 m is the height of the dome roofing the hall. Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
Source Royal Albert Hall, Wikipedia
Uses Element
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Source Royal Albert Hall, Wikipedia
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1. Royal Albert Hall, Wikipedia
Lead section, first sentence
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England.
Infobox, address
Kensington Gore, London, SW7, United Kingdom
Infobox, completion
Completed 1871
Architecture, dome
The great glass and wrought-iron dome roofing the hall is 135 ft (41 m) high.
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Royal Albert Hall stands in South Kensington, London, built as part of a cultural quarter proposed by Prince Albert and completed in 1871, nine years after his death, as a hall dedicated to the arts and sciences in his memory. Its distinctive elliptical amphitheatre form, capped by a shallow glazed dome and ringed by a terracotta frieze depicting the triumph of arts and sciences, used an iron and glass roof structure innovative for its time. The hall became internationally known for hosting the Proms, an annual summer season of classical music concerts founded in 1895, and its interior acoustics, originally troubled by a persistent echo, were later corrected by suspending large fiberglass acoustic diffusing discs from the ceiling. It remains one of London's most recognizable concert venues.
- In Style: Italianate Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Italianate
Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia article
The hall was constructed mainly of Fareham Red brick, with terra cotta block decoration made by Gibbs and Canning of Tamworth.
Uses Element: Terracotta, Wikipedia article
The hall was constructed mainly of Fareham Red brick, with terra cotta block decoration made by Gibbs and Canning of Tamworth.
Uses Element: Wrought Iron, Wikipedia article
The hall was constructed mainly of Fareham Red brick, with terra cotta block decoration made by Gibbs and Canning of Tamworth.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Royal Albert Hall
- Wikidata Q193639, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q193639, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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