| Carnegie Hall The creation of Zankel Hall marks the most recent phase of an ongoing effort begun in 1978 with an existing building survey to upgrade Carnegie Hall. The 640-seat, multi-use performance venue, which is located directly under Isaac Stern Auditorium, provides a new musical venue unique to New York City. The flexible, mid-sized hall is fully adaptable to a range of performance types and enhances Carnegie Hall's ability to achieve its educational objective to promote young artists at every stage of their careers. Determined largely by acoustical requirements, the form of the hall is a rectangle within an ellipse. Having the acoustical qualities of a classical "shoebox," the rectangular hall functions equally well in an end-stage, center-stage or flat-floor configuration. The curved walls of the ellipse perceptually centralize the space, dramatically reinforce the hall's individual identity by separating the space from the historic building envelope and architecturally signify the technically-advanced qualities of the hall. A new marquee and canopy, which in their design and materials visually connect with those for Carnegie Hall and Weill Recital Hall on West 57th Street, marks the new hall at street level. Awards
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