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Royal Festival Hall

(3 Ratings)
Major 1950s-period mostly classical concert hall

Opened in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain (a welcomed and needed postwar cultural redevelopment), the Royal Festival Hall remains London's signature concert venue despite its still slightly worrying and dry acoustics (inspite of a spectacular 2005–07 restoration). Initially a stand-alone structure, the impressive structure is now linked with other major arts venues (Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room, Hayward Gallery) via concrete walkways, all part of London's riverside Southbank C...

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