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# Casa da Musica
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/casa-da-musica/
- Published: 2005-07-22T19:49:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-04T17:05:05.000Z
- Description: I had the great fortune of visiting the Casa da Musica by OMA|Rem Koolhaas on a guided tour before the official opening, when the building was still largely empty.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

I had the great fortune of visiting the Casa da Musica by OMA|Rem Koolhaas on a guided tour before the official opening, when the building was still largely empty. A few years later I was invited to give a lecture at a conference that was being held at the Casa da Musica. By that time a number of houses neighbouring the Casa da Musica had been demolished to make way for a large building, blocking the view from one of the windows overlooking the city.

![Casa da Musica, Porto](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/casa-da-musica-1.jpg)

![Casa da Musica, Porto](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/casa-da-musica-2.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/casa-da-musica-3.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/casa-da-musica-4.jpg)

![Casa da Musica, Porto](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/casa-da-musica-5.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/casa-da-musica-7.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/casa-da-musica-8.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/casa-da-musica-6.jpg)

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