the material show in hamburg skilled philharmonia concert. coming down for karl lagerfeld has come full circle the fashion king did not stay long he left without a word rushing off to focus on his next collection. december sixth marked one hundred years since finland gained its independence from eighteen zero nine until then it had been in a tone of this grand duchy in the russian empire and before that it spent centuries under swedish rule and so the centenary was cause for widespread sense celebration but also for some introspection on the finnish national identity shaped by its vast natural landscapes of course but also its culture and the melancholy of finnish tango for instance and all of these things find a unique expression in the clarity of finnish design. minimal and functional the finnish way of life finds expression in the architecture of the capitol hill sinking. and in the local design scene objects should be practical and timeless have clean lines and be made from robust materials. you're going to cost us is a designer and has a

philharmonia concert hall is fast becoming hamburg's most famous landmark it opened at the start of the year and it was built on the foundations of an old warehouse directly in the harbor area. karl lagerfeld is believed to have been born in one nine hundred thirty three in his early twenty's he went to paris for he worked for various fashion labels. became one of the world's most successful designers and joined shonali in one nine hundred eighty three cents then traditional fashion now also seen a return to its glory days. collection has been key in that development produced anyway since two thousand and two each year it's unveiled in a different city. in two thousand and eleven it was meant by.

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january set the bar higher with the opening of the old philharmonia in hamburg all the troubles with cost overruns and construction delays were as good as forgotten replaced by genuine excitement and an endless rush of visitors to concerts and the viewing platform. come out has really reinvented itself as a city of culture. lin is still in the midst of construction in two years the form is scheduled to open in the newly reconstructed city palace and bring together the cultures of the world and now when we talk about large scale cultural projects we also have to include abu dhabi. money was no object when the architect john movie was commissioned to design the louvre abu dhabi hundreds upon hundreds of loaned items from thirteen french cultural institutions are on display here. the louvre in paris sold the rights to use its name for thirty years for more than one billion euros. cape town's new museum was much less costly the moc are all museum for contemporary art africa is the first of its kind on the continent. it helps give african artists a confidence boost but it hasn't been with

hamburg's philharmonia concert hall in the city's harbor district is the latest landmark on the city's arisan. almost ten years under construction it opened with a gala concert in january. the heart of the ensemble is of course the grand hall none of the twenty one hundred concert goers it's more than thirty meters from the orchestra thanks to the design by star architect the joke so. their music is in the center surrounded by the audience we took inspiration from the theater carved out of stone in epidaurus greece. football stadiums too they have spectator seating going right up to the top. and it's that verticality that defines the space for the musicians. the site has only recently been devoted to the performing arts in one thousand nine hundred eighty six a red brick warehouse for coffee tea and cocoa was built here but the rise in container shipping made its a purpose it shut down and stood empty. him half the building stands out here in the. there are a lot of red brick buildings here on the docks but this one from the sixty's the ending here so defiantly. was a great basis for t

the new cultural highlight is the ebb philharmonia in hamburg with record numbers of visitors and sold out concerts germany funds one hundred thirty one orchestras. from munich to hamburg well come to our culture check of germany there's a lot of debate in the parliamentary elections here but almost everyone can agree on one issue culture is applied democracy and a big deal arts funding for it so sacred that the german government wants to earmark even more money culture next year three hundred million euros a whopping twenty three percent of the budget that's the plan to anyway. but what is reality and what is simply pretension are we an opera paradise does no one produce as much theatres we do museums more popular than soccer let's see off to survey the cultural nation examine the facts and tell the real stories behind the mis and since we're in germany let's get started with the subject of money i'm willing to bet that's one area where we really are european champions. each year germany spends more than ten billion euros for culture for public funded theatres orchestras exhibitions h

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germany the year began with the official opening of the philharmonia in hamburg the concert hall took nearly ten years to built with a colossal price tag of seven hundred eighty nine million euro but the final result is stunning. the opening of the museum barberini in potsdam was a highlight most of the artworks belong to hustle club a former software manager and one of germany's richest men. are putting art in your home or even a safe is no good at all if no one can look at it not even me. so he funded the building of a museum to house his collection. in february the berlin internet. film festival once again drew plenty of star power. richard gere attended the premiere of his film the dinner while there he met with german chancellor i'm going to makeover and appeared almost starstruck himself this is not the the iron lady it's very much a human being i was incredibly impressed with. the carnival season saw the annual explosion of color in venice thousands of locals and visitors don masks and costumes for the occasion. and. in germany's carnival strongholds a very different costume wa