Disney Concert Hall by Gehry

Home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale

Frank Gehry's stainless steel Walt Disney Concert Hall expanded the reach of Los Angeles' Music Center.

The Walt Disney Concert Hall by Frank Gehry is constructed with stainless steel plates that reflect the Los Angeles sunshine.

Photo by David McNew/Getty Images

Opened: October 2003
Architect: Frank Gehry
Cost: $274 million
Size: on 3.6-acre campus
The main auditorium (2,265-seats) is designed to look and feel like a ship's hull
Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater (266 seats) is known as REDCAT
Two outdoor amphitheatres: William M. Keck Foundation Children's Amphitheatre (300 seats)and the Nadine and Ed Carson Amphitheatre (120 seats)
Art Gallery: 3,000-square-foot operated and programmed by California Institute of the Arts
The Los Angeles Music Center: Incorporated the Walt Disney Concert Hall into its 11-acre campus of theaters, which includes the Ahmanson Theatre (1967), the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (1964), and the Mark Taper Forum (1967). REDCAT is not a part of the LA Music Center.

The stainless steel building caused some controversy after its grand opening, but Gehry responded and the controversial design was fixed.

^{SOURCES: Venue: Walt Disney Concert Hall, The Music Center of Los Angeles County (accessed April 16, 2012); Our Theaters and Concert Halls, The Music Center of Los Angeles County (accessed January 17, 2013)}