Taipei Music Center

The Taipei Music Center (Chinese: 台北流行音樂中心; pinyin: Táiběi Liúxíng Yīnyuè Zhōngxīn; lit. 'Taipei Popular Music Center') is a performing arts and cultural venue in Nangang District, Taipei, Taiwan.

Taipei Music Center
台北流行音樂中心
LocationNangang, Taipei, Taiwan
Capacity6,300 (indoor theater)
15,000 (outdoor amphitheater)
Construction
Broke groundJune 19, 2013 (2013-06-19)
OpenedSeptember 2020
Construction costNTD$4.45 billion
ArchitectReiser + Umemoto

Overview

City officials announced plans on July 24, 2008 to conduct an international design competition for the facility in tandem with plans for the Taipei Performing Arts Center.[1][2] In 2012, government officials announced that winner of the design competition was Reiser + Umemoto, RUR Architecture P.C.,[3] the New York City based American architectural firm represented by a joint collaboration between American architect Jesse A. Reiser and Japanese architect Nanako Umemoto, both well known in the architectural world for their innovative post-modernist aesthetic. The firm is particularly well known for its recently completed office tower, 0-14, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[4] Construction began on 19 June 2013.[5]

The center opened on September 5, 2020, before hosting the 31st Golden Melody Awards on October 3.[6]

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