Uppsala Konsert & Kongress
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Uppsala Konsert & Kongress (UKK), popularly referred to as Musikens hus (House of music) is a concert hall and convention centre in Uppsala, Sweden. The official inauguration of the building took place on Saturday, 1 September 2007.
In 2007, Uppsala Konsert & Kongress was awarded a gold medal at the Biennale in Miami Beach.[1] The class that the building was in, the class of large public buildings, can be said to cover what is generally regarded as "monuments".
The construction project was preceded by a long and committed political debate in the municipality of Uppsala. Plans for a concert hall in Uppsala had been discussed intermittently since 1912, but the final decision to start the construction was not taken until 2004.[2]
The building has been somewhat controversial, and its exterior, interior, location and function as a concert hall have all been criticised.[citation needed] However, a survey conducted in the autumn of 2010, indicates that one third of the 1360 respondents considered the building to be an important symbol for Uppsala, while 36% believed that it will become such a symbol in future.[3]
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