Building Type Basics for Performing Arts Facilities includes descriptive floor plans, diagrams, photographs, and case studies

Features:

• Details the underlying issues of financing, feasibility, and the diverse roles of the design and construction team, sponsor, banks, impresario, and manager
• Features need-to-know information on design including such technical topics as lighting, acoustics, and materials

Contents

1. Planning the Theater
2. A Place Designed for Performance
3. An Auditorium and Stage Design Guide
4. Stage Design: Technology and Flexibility
5. Backstage Planning
6. Incorporating Building Codes
7. Principles of Acoustic Design
8. Flexibility in Acoustic Design
9. Lighting Public Spaces
10. Bringing the New to Old Theaters
11. Organization: Process and Team
12. The Business and Art of Theater Management

Index

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