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The Elbphilharmonie has become the emblem of modern Hamburg, a glittering wave-crested concert hall rising from the harbour that draws visitors whether or not they ever hear a note of music. Designed by the Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron, it sets a shimmering glass structure, evoking a hoisted sail, a wave or an iceberg, atop the solid brick mass of the Kaispeicher A, a 1960s warehouse on the tip of the HafenCity district. At 108 metres it is the tallest inhabited building in the city. T...