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| | The Sage Gateshead |
 | | The $122 million Sage Gateshead was conceived in 1997 after the Gateshead Council, the cityâs governing body, held a competition for the concert hall complex. |
 | | From the start, the Gateshead Council and North Music Trustâ”which was in charge of the musical organizations coming into the hallâ”teamed up Foster and Partners, headed by partner Spencer de Grey, with Arup Acoustics, led by Raj Patel and Bob Essert. |
 | | After consulting the Northern Sinfonia, the chamber orchestra that would have its home at Sage Gateshead, Patel and de Grey elected to model the shape of the largest space, a 1,700-seat hall, on the acoustically acclaimed classic shoe box of Viennaâs Musikvereinsaal, built in 1870. |
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