Kilden Performing Arts Centre
| Kilden Performing Arts Centre Kilden teater og konserthus |
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| General information | |
| Type | Arts complex |
| Architectural style | Modernism |
| Location | Kristiansand, Norway |
| Completed | 2012 |
| Opened | 6. January 2012 |
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| Structural system | Characteristic Oak waves at the sea front. |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | ALA Architects, Finland and SMS Arkitekter, Norway |
| Main contractor | AF group |
Coordinates: 58°8′20.81″N 7°59′49.73″E / 58.1391139°N 7.9971472°E
Kilden Performing Arts Centre (in Norwegian: Kilden teater og konserthus) is a theater and concert hall on Odderøya in Kristiansand, Norway. It houses Agder 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 building is built and owned by the company "Kilden teater- og konserthus for Sørlandet IKS", and Kristiansand Municipality (80%) and Vest-Agder County (20%) are owners. The company was established in 2003 and the name Kilden (meaning "the source") specified in 2006.
Work on the building began in 2007, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway laid the foundation stone in 2009. The opening was officially finished 6 January 2012. Its architects were Finnish ALA Architects and Norwegian 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 square meters and a volume of 128,000 cubic meters. The building cost nearly 1.7 billion Norwegian krones.
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