The Kraków Opera House
Architect : Romuald Loegler; Design team: Tomasz Folwarski, Grzegorz Dresler, Piotr Urbanowicz, Łukasz Ruda, Agnieszka Soból
48 Lubicz St.
2008
8 226 m2
The new edifice of the opera has the stage of 443 m2 and the auditorium for over 700 viewers, as well as the chamber hall and rehearsal rooms along with the backstage and stage technology. The modern mass of the building housing the auditorium is complemented by a listed one with a barrel roof, which once was a riding school, and was adjusted to serve the purposes of the entrance hall. Both the inside and the outside of the main hall are dominated by the red hue. The idea of composition of forms was based on the dialogue of the old and the new, whereby the three main masses, although integrated, retain their individual character.