New Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall Is Completed

HAMBURG, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 04: (From L to R) Architects Ascan Mergenthaler, Pierre de Meuron and Jacques Herzog; Hamburg Mayor Olaf Scholz, CEO of Hochtieff Marcelino Fernandez Verdes and the Elbphilharmonie musical director Christoph Lieben-Seutter arrive for the press conference at the large hall of the newly-completed Elbphilharmonie concert hall on November 4, 2016 in Hamburg, Germany. Designed by the archiecture firm Herzog and de Meuron and begun in 2007, the Elbphilharmonie was originally slated to be completed by 2010 at a cost of EUR 241 million. Instead it was finally finished on October 31, 2016 at a cost of EUR 789 million. Germany has been burdened with a string of high-profile construction projects whose completion has been years delayed and whose costs have ballooned. The first public concert at the Elbphilharmonie is scheduled for January 11, 2017 as part of its official opening. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)