| Kilden Performing Arts Centre | |
| Native Name: | Kilden teater og konserthus |
| Building Type: | Arts complex |
| Architectural Style: | Modernism |
| Structural System: | Characteristic Oak waves at the sea front. |
| Location: | Kristiansand, Norway |
| Coordinates: | 58.1391°N 7.9971°W |
| Completion Date: | 2012 |
| Opened: | 6 January 2012 |
| Main Contractors: | AF group |
| Architect: | ALA Architects, Finland[1] and SMS Arkitekter, Norway[2] |
Kilden Performing Arts Centre (in Norwegian: Kilden teater og konserthus) is a theater and concert hall on Odderøya in Kristiansand, Norway. It houses Kilden Teater, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra (KSO) and Opera Sør in a joint project never previously embarked upon.[3] There is room for a variety of concerts and other forms of cultural expression.
The building is built and owned by the company "Kilden teater- og konserthus for Sørlandet IKS", and Kristiansand Municipality (80%) and Vest-Agder County (20%) are owners. The company was established in 2003 and the name Kilden (meaning "the source") specified in 2006.[4]
Work on the building began in 2007, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway laid the foundation stone in 2009. The opening was officially finished 6 January 2012. Its architects were Finnish ALA Architects and Norwegian SMS Arkitekter, acoustical consultants were Brekke & Strand, the acoustic design of the concert hall was by Arup and the main contractor was AF group. The building has a gross area of 16,000 square meters and a volume of 128,000 cubic meters. The building cost nearly 1.7 billion Norwegian krones.[5]
The building has four stages: