I-Elbphilharmonie Hamburg ifikelele kwizigidi ezili-10 zenani leendwendwe. Iqonga lokubukela elifikeleleka esidlangalaleni elinemibono emangalisayo kwiHamburg kunye nezibuko layo lavulwa ngoNovemba 2016. Kungekudala emva koko, ngoJanuwari 2017, iiholo ezimbini zekonsathi zalandela, zatsala ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezi-2 zabahambi bekonsathi ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Kwiminyaka emibini enesiqingatha emva kokuvulwa kwayo okukhulu, i-Elbphilharmonie Hamburg yamkele undwendwe lwayo lwe-10 yezigidi ePlaza kwimpelaveki ephelileyo. Eyilwe ngabakhi bezakhiwo baseSwitzerland uHerzog & de Meuron, i-Elbphilharmonie itsala malunga nezigidi ezi-4 zabakhenkethi minyaka le abonwabela umbono omangalisayo wesixeko kunye nezibuko. IPlaza ke ngoko iyahambelana namanye amaqonga abukekayo ehlabathini: i-Empire State Building eNew York itsala abatyeleli abazizigidi ezi-4.1 ngonyaka, i-oriental Pearl Tower Shanghai i-5 yezigidi, i-Eiffel Tower Paris i-6,9 yezigidi kunye ne-London Eye malunga nezigidi ezi-3.5. KwiHamburg njengedolophu yomculo, iElbphilharmonie ngumazibuthe wokhenketho okumgangatho wokuqala kunye nesibane somculo sehlabathi.
Ngapha koko, inani labantu abaya kwiikonsathi ze-Elbphilharmonie lidlula iindawo ezinokuthelekiswa nazo: ukusukela oko kwavulwa ngeyoMqungu ngo-2017, bangaphezulu kwezigidi ezi-2 abantu abazimase ikonsathi kwenye yezi holo zimbini-impumelelo emangalisayo edlula konke okulindelweyo. Imilinganiselo. I-900,000 yeendwendwe minyaka le iyonwabela inkqubo eyahlukileyo kodwa enomdla. Kwinqanaba laseYurophu, i-Elbphilharmonie yiyo ekhokelayo: i-Konzerthaus Wien itsala ngaphezulu kwe-600,000 yeekonsathi ngonyaka, i-Concertgebouw Amsterdam 700,000 kunye ne-Philharmonie de Paris malunga ne-540,000.
