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Geometry and Atmosphere: Theatre Buildings from Vision to Reality

by C. Alan Short
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780754674047
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 294
  • Original Price: GBP 140.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1116 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial and Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments

Drawing on detailed design, construction and financial histories of six prominent Performing Arts buildings with budgets ranging from  3.4 million to over  100 million, Geometry and Atmosphere presents unique and valuable insights into the complex process of building for the arts. Each theatre project, from tailor-made spaces for avant-garde companies to iconic and innovative receiving houses, yields surprising and counter-intuitive findings. For each of the six projects, the authors have interviewed all those involved. Combining these interviews with exhaustive archival research, the authors then provide cross-case analysis which is distilled into guidance for all stakeholders as they transform their initial vision into built reality. In particular, the book challenges the technical focus of existing design guides for the Performing Arts by suggesting that current practice in briefing and design does not serve the Arts community especially well. It shows that there is a need for an approach in which the focus is firmly rooted in the delivery of the driving artistic vision. As well as being of interest to architects, urban designers and those involved in theatre studies, this book will be useful to other sectors where public money is spent on major building projects.

Alan Short is Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge, UK and is also the Principle of Short & Associates architectural practice. Peter Barrett is Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies at the University of Salford, UK. He is also Chairman of SCRI and an active member of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction. Alistair Fair is a Chancellor's Fellow in the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of Edinburgh.

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