http://www.sky.s64.pl/home/W/Sing/sl20.jpg
http://www.sky.s64.pl/home/W/Sing/sbn16.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/103s9.jpg
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/espl11.jpg
http://img51.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/espweb1.jpg
http://www.sky.s64.pl/home/W/Sing/sa10.jpg
http://www.sky.s64.pl/home/W/Sing/sbn20.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/2/9marinawalk1.jpg
http://www.esplanade.com/images/web/press_centre/press_centre/external/nightview_fullerton.jpg
http://www.esplanade.com/images/web/press_centre/press_centre/cladding/cladding03.jpg
http://www.esplanade.com/images/web/press_centre/press_centre/concourse/concourse01.jpg
http://www.esplanade.com/images/web/press_centre/press_centre/opening/gallery05.jpg
Completed in 2001 and officially opened on October 12, 2002.
Consists of 2 domes, the Theatre and the Concert Hall.

Here's one more:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/daydreamer89sg/Esplanade-1.jpg

8.5

Really a nice building, very original and well done, although I prefer Sydney opera house. The halls are ok but nothing special imo.

I like it, it will grow into you after time...

I must say ......10/10

More views of the durian...;)

Source album: http://www.pbase.com/clyne/singapore

http://www.pbase.com/image/29795248.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/30101873.jpg

Roof detail of the esplanade theatre, known locally as the Durian (a fruit with a similar outline)

http://www.pbase.com/image/29795249.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/image/33616254.jpg

Outside the Esplanade Theatre

http://www.pbase.com/image/30358356.jpg

Inside the Esplanade Theatre

So surreal! :cool:

It's very nice, one of the best Architectural Icon of the Century but I dont know wether I like it or not, it gives some ichy feeling to me...:)

Insect eyes. 9/10

Very spectacular and beautiful, 9/10

oh so this is a movie theater! 10

oh so this is a movie theater! 10
Eh? Nono...its an arts performance centre with a theater (for plays and other performances) and a concert hall, along with other smaller venues, but not for movies! :D

8,5/10

Under the two domes are the Theatre and Concert Hall.

Theatre:
http://www.esplanade.com/images/web/press_centre/press_centre/theatre/theatre01.jpg

http://www.esplanade.com/images/web/press_centre/press_centre/theatre/theatre02.jpg

Concert Hall:
http://www.esplanade.com/images/web/press_centre/press_centre/concerthall/concerthall01.jpg

http://www.esplanade.com/images/web/press_centre/press_centre/concerthall/concerthall02.jpg
The Hall has the world's largest reverberation chamber.

Smaller venues used for recitals, but can also be booked for performances.

Recital Studio:
http://www.esplanade.com/images/web/press_centre/press_centre/recitalstudio/recitalstudio01.jpg

Theatre Studio:
http://www.esplanade.com/images/web/press_centre/press_centre/theatrestudio/theatrestudio01.jpg


Engineering info:
http://www.penta-ocean.co.jp/english/Esplanade/

My little contributions:
http://207.44.228.232/images/UPC/200434.jpg
http://img115.exs.cx/img115/6015/18lg.jpg
http://img115.exs.cx/img115/5296/25gf.jpg
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http://img115.exs.cx/img115/8718/40fy.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/85spikes2.jpg
http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/85panorama11-med.jpg
at the centre

Esplanade, viewed at certain angles in certain weather conditions, looks like a surreal rendering! :D :cool::cool::cool:

Very nice design.

8/10

quite impressive, but I don't like much

I just saw it the other day, and wow, it looked like glowing blobs.:D

Thank god they don't smell like durians!

I'd love to see this in person, it's a bit too large to grasp in photos. Stunning concert hall interior! 8.5/10

EEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Atelier1 should have kept their hands off of Michael Wilford's design.

http://mishami.image.pbase.com/u23/svong/upload/33034824.Singapore2047.jpg

Thank god they don't smell like durians!

I'd love to see this in person, it's a bit too large to grasp in photos. Stunning concert hall interior! 8.5/10
:lol: Where do you come from, btw? At least you are familiar with the durian smell!

8.5/10

My contribution

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c121/ylstan01/Christmas%20Orchard/DSC006661.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c121/ylstan01/Christmas%20Orchard/DSC006501.jpg

9/10 Spectacular and wonderful! ;)

9/10. Very good at night.

8.5/10

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6.5/10.

10/10

Hopefully this would do justice to the building....:D
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6052/dsc00861ec.jpg

Fortunate to have such a wonderful cultural complex.

It's surely put Singapore on the cultural radar. 9.5/10

9/10

i don't like so much the shapes but the architecture is great in that buildings

8.5/10

9/10

8.5/10

Amazing Architecture !!
9/10

Cool! 10/10 :D

9.5/10

9.5/10

8/10

7/10

9,5/10

9/10

10/10

10. Excellent. Regards.

i thought the design was based on a beetle.. my mistake, it was a durian. :D

9.5/10

9/10

10/10!!

Very very hard to judge, depends on the angle, the weather and the lighting. I'd say 5.5/10 because it looks really great at night.

10/10

really nice

Hmm, at least it's something different, I'll give it that. (8/10)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/5449826027_d1e3ba1cb2_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/derekleephoto/5449826027/

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5131/5449825559_d75afcd642_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/derekleephoto/5449825559/in/photostream/

Very futuristic! 9.5/0 :)

8/10

10/10

9/10

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6135/6024403697_a873592a9f_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maniniyut/6024403697/in/photostream/

10!!!

bugs eyes. not sure if I like it.