Concert Halls and Opera Houses - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Concert Halls and Opera Houses write by Leo Beranek. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Concert Halls and Opera Houses available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This illustrated guide to 100 of the world's most important concert halls and opera houses examines their architecture and engineering and discusses their acoustical quality as judged by conductors and music critics. The descriptions and photographs will serve as a valuable guide for today's peripatetic performers and music lovers. With technical discussions relegated to appendices, the book can be read with pleasure by anyone interested in musical performance. The photographs (specially commissioned for this book) and architectural drawings (all to the same scale) together with modern acoustical data on each of the halls provide a rich and unmatched resource on the design of halls for presenting musical performances. Together with the technical appendices, the data and drawings will serve as an invaluable reference for architects and engineers involved in the design of spaces for the performance of music.
Site and Sound
Site and Sound - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Site and Sound write by Victoria Newhouse. This book was released on 2012-04-10. Site and Sound available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Victoria Newhouse, noted author and architectural historian, addresses the aesthetics and acoustics in concert halls and opera houses of the past, present, and future in this stunning companion to the highly regarded Towards a New Museum. Site and Sound explores the daunting, perennial question: Does the music serve the space, or the other way around? Heavily illustrated throughout—with historic images, spectular color photographs, detailed drawings—this volume is an informed and enjoyable presentation of a building type that is at the heart of cities small and large. Newhouse starts with a survey of venues from ancient Greek and Roman times and progresses to contemporary works around the world. She singles out Lincoln Center in particular for its long history and its transitions and remodelings over the years. Two major chapters cover the present: one focuses on recent work in the West, including the National Opera House of Norway in Oslo by Snøhetta (2008), the Casa da Música in Porto, Portugal, by Rem Koolhaas (2005), and many more; the second examines the boom in concert halls in China. A final chapter looks at projects that are currently planned and the future of an architecture for music.
Concert and Opera Halls
Concert and Opera Halls - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Concert and Opera Halls write by Leo Leroy Beranek. This book was released on 1996. Concert and Opera Halls available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This illustrated guide examines the acoustical quality of some of the world's most important concert and opera halls and reveals how composers and musicians adapt their art to complement the acoustics of their surroundings.
Performing Architecture
Performing Architecture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Performing Architecture write by Michael Hammond. This book was released on 2006. Performing Architecture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In an age of fast-paced mass media and an enormous choice of home entertainment, it comes as a surprise to discover just how much creative energy and money is being directed towards new space for live performance at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Performing Architecture explores fifty of the world's finest twenty-first-century venues for live performance, as well as earlier buildings that have been recently refurbished or transformed, and shows that the buildings are as much the stars as those performing within them."--BOOK JACKET.
Concert Halls by Nagata Acoustics
Concert Halls by Nagata Acoustics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Concert Halls by Nagata Acoustics write by Yasuhisa Toyota. This book was released on 2021-02-25. Concert Halls by Nagata Acoustics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This visually stunning and data rich text catalogs the design of 32 concert halls by world-renowned acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota and his team at Nagata Acoustics, the firm behind the celebrated Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, and numerous others. Alongside architectural drawings and photographs, commentary on the design process and challenges of each hall provides insight for the dedicated listener to appreciate a wide range of internationally beloved concert venues. Summarized acoustical and architectural data for each of the halls will provide valuable reference information to architects and acousticians alike. Following the project anthology is an overview of the history, development, and acoustical features of vineyard- and surround-style concert halls. A broader discussion of design philosophy reveals the methods by which Toyota has guided architects to create world renowned halls. These technical and general discussions give architects the foundation to design for the performing arts, and provide audiences a new insight and perspective to consider the next time they attend a concert.
